Electrical connector assemblies
US4066327A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 28, 1977 |
| Grant date | Jan 3, 1978 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 28, 1997 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R12/737
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly includes a forked female contact having first and second spaced cantilever contact arms extending from a yoke portion which arms receive between them a mating male contact having a contact arm extending from a base. One of the contact arms of the female contact is stiffer than the other contact arm and from this stiff contact arm there extends a member for anchoring the female contact to a printed circuit board or the like. When the male contact enters the female contact outward flexure of the less stiff contact arm of the female contact takes place concomitantly with inward flexure of a portion of the contact arm of the male contact which engages the relatively stiff contact arm of the female contact.
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