Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electrical connector having electrical contacts that engage mating contacts
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Application No.: US14321453Application Date: 2014-07-01
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Publication No.: US09666966B2Publication Date: 2017-05-30
- Inventor: Kevin Ray Leibold , Justin Shane McClellan
- Applicant: Tyco Electronics Corporation
- Applicant Address: US PA Berwyn
- Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee: TE CONNECTIVITY CORPORATION
- Current Assignee Address: US PA Berwyn
- Main IPC: H01R13/04
- IPC: H01R13/04 ; H01R13/05 ; H01R12/72 ; H01R13/11 ; H01R12/58 ; H01R13/6585

Abstract:
Electrical connector including a contact array having electrical contacts. Each of the electrical contacts includes a proximal base and an elongated body that extends from the proximal base to a distal end. The elongated body has a longitudinal axis extending between the proximal base and the distal end, and a lateral axis that is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis. The elongated body includes a body side that extends along the longitudinal and lateral axes and is shaped to form a wipe track. The wipe track is configured to engage a contact finger of the mating connector as the contact finger moves linearly along the longitudinal axis. The wipe track has a non-linear path such that the wipe track turns at least partially in a lateral direction as the wipe track moves toward the proximal base along the longitudinal axis.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160006192A1 ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR HAVING ELECTRICAL CONTACTS THAT ENGAGE MATING CONTACTS Public/Granted day:2016-01-07
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