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Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 2010

Filed:

Apr. 27, 2009
Applicants:

Tod M. Harlan, Mechanicsburgh, PA (US);

Terrance F. Little, York, PA (US);

Inventors:

Tod M. Harlan, Mechanicsburgh, PA (US);

Terrance F. Little, York, PA (US);

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 24/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An electrical connector () includes an insulative housing () and a terminal module (). The terminal module includes a dielectric wafer (), a number of terminals () assembled within the dielectric wafer and a coupling foil () disposed on the dielectric wafer and having a plurality of circuit traces (-) extending along a first plane. Each terminal is formed with a joint (-). The circuit trace includes a body portion (-) aligned with a selected terminal of the number of terminals and a connection portion (-) fanning out from the body portion toward a specific terminal. The joint of the specific terminal comes to contact with the connection portion along a contact direction orthogonal to the first plane.


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