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Electrical connector with improved contact arrangement

US7857665B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMay 26, 2009
Grant dateDec 28, 2010
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Expiry dateMay 26, 2029

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R12/712
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a set of first contacts retained in the insulative housing and a metal shell. The insulative housing includes a tongue plate with a plurality of first passageways defined thereon. The first contacts include first contacting sections received in the first passageways, first bending sections and first tail sections. The first bending sections include a plurality of first offset sections and at least one second offset section. A first slope of each first offset section is of negative number while a second slope of the second offset section is of positive number so that a space between each adjacent two first tail sections is much larger than that of the corresponding first contacting sections for easily soldering of the first tail sections.

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