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Electrical connector with structures for preventing electrostatic discharge

US8002589B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 2010
Grant dateAug 23, 2011
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Expiry dateOct 29, 2030

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S439/939
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing including a rear base portion and a front tongue portion extending from the base portion along the mating direction, a number of first conductive contacts held in the insulative housing, a number of second conductive contacts held in the insulative housing, and a retainer assembled to the tongue portion of the insulative housing. Each first conductive contact includes a nonelastic first mating portion exposed beyond the tongue portion. The retainer includes opposite first and second faces and defines a number of receiving slots recessed from at least one of the first and second faces to receive the nonelastic first mating portions of the first conductive contacts.

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