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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Molex, Llc, Lisle, IL (US);
Inventors:
Kent E. Regnier, Lombard, IL (US);
Michael Rowlands, Naperville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Molex, LLC, Lisle, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/646 (2011.01); H01R 12/72 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 13/646 (2013.01); H01R 12/724 (2013.01); H01R 12/727 (2013.01);
Abstract
A connector assembly includes a housing with a card slot and includes terminals positioned in the card slot where the terminals are tuned to improve performance. The terminals include a contact, a tail and a body extending therebetween. The contacts can include a deflecting portion and a pad interface portion. The deflecting portion includes a dual beam portion and a single beam portion. The connector can be configured to provide a row of contacts positioned on both sides of a card slot.