Patent · US Expired

Insulator coring and contact configuration to prevent pin stubbing in the throat of tuning fork socket connector contacts

US6709298B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateApr 3, 2002
Grant dateMar 23, 2004
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Expiry dateApr 3, 2022

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R13/518
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A socket connector for a pin connector including a module body with a plurality of slots is described. A plurality of wafers are installable in a corresponding plurality of slots in the module body and each wafer has multiple offset tuning forks. The module body has a coring wall with multiple wedge shaped protrusions for each of the offset tuning forks of the wafer.

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