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Date of Patent:
Jun. 09, 2015

Filed:

Jun. 20, 2013
Applicants:

Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);

Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Shanghai, CN;

Inventors:

Zhao YuQiang, Shanghai, CN;

Robert Paul Nichols, Vacaville, CA (US);

Zhao Guangming, Shanghai, CN;

Michael Allen Blanchfield, Camp Hill, PA (US);

Assignees:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 4/48 (2006.01); H01R 27/02 (2006.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 27/02 (2013.01); H01R 12/724 (2013.01);
Abstract

Electrical connector including a connector housing having a mating side that faces in a mating direction. The mating side configured to engage a mating connector. The electrical connector also includes an electrical contact held by the connector housing. The electrical contact includes a common body section and first, second, and third contact beams that are arranged along the mating side and have respective contact bases coupled to the body section. Each of the first, second, and third contact beams extend in the mating direction from the respective contact base to a respective distal end. Each of the first, second, and third contact beams has a beam length that is measured from the respective contact base to the respective distal end. The beam lengths of the first, second, and third contact beams being different from one another.


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