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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2014
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, PA (US);
Kevin Ray Leibold, New Cumberland, PA (US);
Justin Shane McClellan, Camp Hill, PA (US);
TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION, Berwyn, PA (US);
Abstract
Electrical connector including a connector housing that is configured to engage a mating connector during a mating operation. The electrical connector also includes a plurality of electrical contacts that coupled to the connector housing. Each of the electrical contacts includes a proximal base that is coupled to the connector housing and an elongated body that extends from the proximal base to a distal end. The elongated body has a body side that extends between the proximal base and the distal end and is configured to engage a corresponding mating contact of the mating connector. The body side has a stamped indentation, wherein each of the electrical contacts includes a pore-blocking substance within the corresponding stamped indentation and along a surrounding portion of the exterior surface that is adjacent to the corresponding stamped indentation.