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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2010
Matthew Richard Mcalonis, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Graham Henry Smith, Jr., Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Dustin Belack, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Hung Thai Nguyen, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Matthew Richard McAlonis, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
Graham Henry Smith, Jr., Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Dustin Belack, Hummelstown, PA (US);
Hung Thai Nguyen, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
A header connector includes a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between mating and mounting ends. The housing has contact channels open between the mating and mounting ends, and the housing has air pockets provided between selected ones of the contact channels to control an impedance of socket contacts received in the contact channels. Socket contacts are loaded into the contact channels, with each socket contact including a contact body extending along a longitudinal axis between mating and mounting ends. The contact body has a box-shaped socket at the mating end that defines a reception area configured to receive a mating contact. The box-shaped socket is configured to engage four different sides of the mating contact.