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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2010
Robert Todd Frederick, Enola, PA (US);
Michael Joseph Vino, Landisville, PA (US);
Robert Todd Frederick, Enola, PA (US);
Michael Joseph Vino, Landisville, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical contact includes a base and an eye-of-the needle (EON) pin extending a length outwardly from the base to a tip. The EON pin is configured to be received within an electrical via. The EON pin includes a neck segment that extends outwardly from the base, a tip segment that includes the tip, and a compliant segment that extends from the neck segment to the tip segment. The neck segment has opposite end walls and opposite side walls that extend between the end walls. The end walls are connected to the side walls at corresponding transitional walls that interconnect spaced-apart edges of the corresponding end and side walls.