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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
May. 15, 2007
William A. Northey, Etters, PA (US);
William A. Northey, Etters, PA (US);
FCI Americas Technology, Inc., Carson City, NV (US);
Abstract
A compressible electrical contact is disclosed. The compressible electrical contact may include a nose portion, a corrugated portion and a tail portion. The tail portion may extend from a first end of the corrugated portion and the nose portion may extend from an opposite end of the corrugated portion. The corrugated portion may define a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface. The first and second surfaces may have a width. The corrugated portion may also have a third surface extending between the first and second surfaces and a fourth surface opposite the third surface. A plurality of corrugations may be formed in the third and fourth surfaces of the corrugated portion wherein a first corrugation may extend at least partially between an upper portion and a lower portion of the nose portion.