Electrical connector assembly with shorting contacts
AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsDaniel Robert Ringler, Jeffrey George Pennypacker, Attalee S. Taylor, Steven Jay Millard
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Abstract
An electrical connector assembly is provided. The electrical connector assembly includes a housing including a body fabricated at least partially from a dielectric material. The housing body has an opening therein. An electrical contact is held by the housing. The electrical contact includes an intermediate portion and a spring portion each held at least partially within the opening. The spring portion of the electrical contact is engaged by the housing body such that the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the electrical contact.
Claims20
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a housing comprising a body fabricated at least partially from a dielectric material, the housing body having an opening therein;
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- an electrical contact held by the housing, the electrical contact comprising an intermediate portion and a spring portion each held at least partially within the opening, the spring portion of the electrical contact being engaged by the housing body such that the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the electrical contact.
A socket connector assembly for connecting a module card to a circuit board, said socket connector comprising:
- a housing having a body extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends, the housing body including a mounting face configured for mounting on the circuit board and a slot configured to receive a mating edge of the module card, the housing body having a plurality of openings therein;
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- a plurality of electrical contacts held by the housing, each electrical contact comprising an intermediate portion and a spring portion each held at least partially within the corresponding opening, the spring portion of each of the electrical contacts being engaged by the housing body such that the spring portion is deflected into shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the same electrical contact.
A socket connector assembly for connecting a module card to a circuit board, said socket connector comprising:
- a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between opposite ends, the housing including a mounting face configured for mounting on the circuit board and a slot configured to receive a mating edge of the module card, the housing having an opening therein;
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- an electrical contact held by the housing, the electrical contact comprising an intermediate portion and a spring portion each held at least partially within the opening, the housing deflecting the spring portion of the electrical contact from a non-shorting position to a shorting position wherein the spring portion of the electrical contact is in shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the electrical contact, the spring portion of the electrical contact being in shorting engagement with the intermediate portion of the electrical contact before the mating edge of the module card is inserted within the slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.