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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
May. 02, 2012
Alan Raistrick, Rockville, MD (US);
Stuart C. Stoner, Lewisberry, PA (US);
Alan Raistrick, Rockville, MD (US);
Stuart C. Stoner, Lewisberry, PA (US);
FCI Americas Technology LLC, Carson City, NV (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector including a housing; and a plurality of first ground contacts. The first ground contacts each comprise a male contact blade configured to be inserted into a contact channel of a housing of a mating electrical connector. The male contact blade has a portion configured to contact the housing of the mating electrical connector, after the male contact blade makes electrical contact with the deflectable beam, to move the male contact blade in the contact channel, increase deflection of the deflectable beam by the male contact blade, and increase or maintain normal force between the mating contact and the ground contact generally.