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US 2006/0135003 A1Published application
Connector with improved dual beam contacts
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorKirk Peloza
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Abstract
A mezzanine-style connector is provided with male and female engaging parts. The terminals of the female part have bifurcated contact arms and the terminals of the male part have projecting mating blades. The contact arms are cantilevered from a body portion of the female terminal and are structured so that any deflection that occurs is cantilevered, and not torsional deflection.
Claims17
A electrical connector system comprising a male connector and a female connector, the two connectors being mateable with each other;
- the male connector including at least one male terminal in the form of an elongated blade having a contact portion, a tai portion and a body portion interconnecting the tail and contact portion together;
- the female connector including at least one female terminal having a tail portion, a contact portion and a body portion interconnecting the contact and tail portions together, the female terminal including a slot extending lengthwise within the body portion thereof, the slot defining a pair of contact arms, each of the contact arms being formed into an arcuate configuration and the two contact arms extending lengthwise on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis of said female terminal body portion, each of the contact arms further including an enlarged contact surface at a free end thereof, the enlarged contact surface being coined to enlarge it and reduce its thickness to less that a corresponding thickness of said female terminal body portion.
A connector, comprising:
- a insulative housing, the housing having a base and a mating face, the mating face including a plurality of terminal-receiving cavities disposed therein,
- a plurality of terminal supports received in said housing, each of the supports supporting an array of conductive terminals, each of said supports further including means for engaging said housing base to hold said supports in place such that portions of said terminals are received within the terminal-receiving cavities;
- and,
- each of said terminals including a tail end, a contact end and a body interconnecting the tail and ends together, each said terminal further including a lengthwise spacing slot formed in said contact end, the spacing slot defining a pair of contact arms at said contact end, the contact arms being arcuately formed to extend in opposing directions, each of said contact arms further including an enlarged contact surface, the enlarged contact surfaces facing each other.
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