Patent ID: 11929571
Assignee: AMPHENOL CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A method of making an electrical socket, comprising the steps of:
contouring contact beams of a conductive blank that has opposite first and second connecting portions and the contact beams extend between the first and second connecting portions, each contact beam has a middle section between first and second end sections and the first and second end sections are attached to the first and second connecting portions, respectively, wherein contouring the contact beams includes contouring each of the middle sections of the contact beams of the conductive blank to have a cross-section that defines a fully radiused, inner contact area without sharp edges, the cross-section being arranged within a plane oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and
after the step of contouring the middle sections of the contact beams, forming a socket body wherein the first and second connecting portions form opposite first and second ends of the socket body with the contact beams extending therebetween, thereby forming an inner receiving area of the socket body configured to accept a mating pin with the inner contact areas of the contact beams facing inside.