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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Amp Gmbh, Bensheim, DE;
Helge Schmidt, Speyer, DE;
Michael Leidner, Lambrecht/Pfalz, DE;
Marjorie Myers, Mount Wolf, PA (US);
TYCO ELECTRONICS CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY GERMANY GMBH, Bensheim, DE;
Abstract
An electrical contact assembly includes a first electrical contact having a first mating element, and a second electrical contact having a second mating element. The first and second electrical contacts being configured to mate together at the first and second mating elements such that the first and second mating elements engage each other at a contact interface. A distribution of contact pressure across the contact interface at least partially coincides with a distribution of electrical current flow across the contact interface.