Electrical contact

US9033750B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Tyco Electronics Co., Ltd · US
• Mercury Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Keith Edwin Miller · Manheim, US
• Chong Hun Yi · Mechanicsburg, US
• Matthew Richard McAlonis · Elizabethtown, US
• Kevin Michael Thackston · York, US
• Dustin Carson Belack · Hummelstown, US
• Albert Tsang · Sugar Land, US
• Nicholas Paul Ruffini · Lancaster, US
• Darryl J. McKenney · Milford, US
• Erica OUELLETTE · Dedham, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 16, 2013
• Grant date: May 19, 2015
• Expiry date: Jan 29, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H01R12/714
• WIPO field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

An electrical contact is provided for mating with a mating contact. The electrical contact includes a base extending a length along a central longitudinal axis, and an arm extending a length outward from the base along the central longitudinal of the base. The arm includes a first mating bump and a second mating bump. The first and second mating bumps have respective first and second mating surfaces. The arm is configured to engage the mating contact at each of the first and second mating surfaces to establish an electrical connection with the mating contact. The first mating surface of the first mating bump is spaced apart along the length of the arm from the second mating surface of the second mating bump.