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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2016
Applicant:
Molex, Llc, Lisle, IL (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/24 (2006.01); H01R 12/57 (2011.01); H01R 12/71 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/2478 (2013.01); H01R 12/57 (2013.01); H01R 12/714 (2013.01); H01R 13/2442 (2013.01);
Abstract
A terminal and an electrical connector are provided. The terminal has a tail, an elastic arm, a contact and a front guiding member. The elastic arm is connected to the tail. The contact is positioned at a distal end of the elastic arm. The contact has a front guiding surface extending forwards and downwards. The front guiding member extends forwards from the elastic arm. The front guiding member has a front guiding portion that extends forwards and downwards. An extending direction of the elastic arm and an extending direction of the front guiding member intersected at an angle. The front guiding portion is positioned in front of the front guiding surface of the contact.