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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 11, 2012
Filed:
May. 10, 2011
Timothy R. Minnick, Enola, PA (US);
David W. Helster, Dauphin, PA (US);
Alex M. Sharf, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Chad W. Morgan, Woolwich Township, NJ (US);
Timothy R. Minnick, Enola, PA (US);
David W. Helster, Dauphin, PA (US);
Alex M. Sharf, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Chad W. Morgan, Woolwich Township, NJ (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a contact module that has a lead frame and a dielectric frame that encases the lead frame. The dielectric frame includes opposite sides and a mating edge and a mounting edge. The dielectric frame has voids that extend from the sides to expose the lead frame. The lead frame has a plurality of contacts that have transition portions that extend between mating portions that extend from the mating edge and mounting portions that extend from the mounting edge. The transition portions have compensation segments and intermediate segments between the compensation segments. The intermediate segments are encased in the dielectric frame. The compensation segments are exposed by the voids. The compensation segments have a geometry that differs from a geometry of the intermediate segments.