Staggered interface contacts
AssigneePanduit Corp.
InventorJack E. Caveney
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Abstract
An electrical connector which has a housing for receiving a plurality of elongated contacts, adapted to receive electrical signals. The plurality of contacts includes first and second contacts, which are adjacent to each other. The first contact having a first bend which defines the end of lower section, a second bend which defines the end of a plug contact section, and a substantially horizontally disposed end section. Furthermore, the second contact has a first bend which defines an end of the lower section, a second bend which defines an end of the vertical riser section, a third bend which defines the end of the inclined section, and a plug contact area associated with the free end.
Claims5
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- said housing receiving a plurality of elongated contacts;
- said contacts adapted to receive electrical signals;
- said plurality of contacts including a first contact and a second contact;
- said first contact adjacent to said second contact;
- said first contact having a horizontal lower portion, a first bend point defining an end of the lower portion, a plug contact area, a second bend point defining an end of the plug contact portion, and a substantially horizontally disposed end portion;
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- said second contact having a horizontal lower portion, a first bend point defining an end of the lower portion, a vertical riser portion, a second bend point defining an end of the vertical riser portion, and a third bend point defining a beginning of a plug contact portion.
An electrical connector comprising;
- a housing;
- said housing receiving a plurality of elongated contacts;
- said contacts adapted to receive electrical signals;
- said contacts including first and second groups;
- said first group of contacts having a profile which is substantially different from the profile of said second group;
- said contacts forming a row with the contacts in said first group alternating with said contacts in said second group, wherein said contacts in said first group are adjacent to said contacts in said second groups;
- said first group of contacts having a first bend point defining an end of a lower portion, a second bend point defining an end of a plug contact portion, and a substantially horizontal disposed end portion;
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- said second group of contacts having first bend point defining an end of a lower portion, a second bend point defining an end of a vertical riser portion, and a third bend point defining a beginning of a plug contact portion.
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a housing;
- said housing receiving a plurality of elongated contacts;
- said contacts adapted to receive electrical signals;
- said plurality of contact including a first contact group and a second contact group;
- said first contact group having a first bend point defining an end of a lower portion, and an inclined plug contact portion;
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- said second contact group having a first bend point defining an end of a lower portion, a second bend point defining an end of a vertical riser portion, a third bend point defining an end of an inclined portion, a fourth bend point defining an end of a plug contact portion, and a substantially horizontally disposed end portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.