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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 12, 2010
Edward John Howard, Millersburg, PA (US);
Steven Lee Flickinger, Hummelstown, PA (US);
George Irwin Peters, Jr., Harrisburg, PA (US);
Edward John Howard, Millersburg, PA (US);
Steven Lee Flickinger, Hummelstown, PA (US);
George Irwin Peters, Jr., Harrisburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector including a connector housing having opposite mating and loading faces that are configured to engage board edges of first and second circuit boards, respectively. The connector housing includes a contact channel that extends through the connector housing between the mating and loading faces. The electrical connector also includes a signal contact that is stamped from sheet material along a stamped edge. The signal contact includes a contact body having opposite sheet surfaces. The stamped edge defines a shape of the contact body that includes first and second contact fingers. The signal contact is disposed within the contact channel so that the stamped edge along the first contact finger electrically engages the first circuit board and so that the stamped edge along the second contact finger electrically engages the second circuit board.