Contact of electrical connector and plating method thereof

Abstract

A contact is included by an electrical connector and has a base layer and a plating layer. The base layer includes a contacting portion at one end thereof, a soldering portion at the other end thereof, and a connecting portion connecting the contacting portion and the soldering portion. The plating layer is plated on the base layer. The plating layer includes a nickel plating layer plated on the contacting portion, the soldering portion and the connecting portion of the base layer, a first gold plating layer and a second gold plating layer plated on two end portions of the nickel plating layer corresponding to the contacting portion and the soldering portion, respectively. A middle portion of the nickel plating layer corresponding to the connecting portion is exposed outside.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.