Patent ID: 11901663
Assignee: AMPHENOL CORPORATION
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. An electrical interconnection system comprising:
a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector, the first and second electrical connectors being configured to be mated with each other along a mating direction, the first electrical connector comprising:
a plurality of conductive elements disposed in a column, each of the plurality of conductive elements comprising a mating contact portion, a contact tail, and an intermediate portion between the mating contact portion and the contact tail, wherein:
the plurality of conductive elements comprise first conductive elements comprising intermediate portions of a first width and second conductive elements comprising intermediate portions of a second width, less than the first width;
for each of the first conductive elements:
a first mating contact portion of a first conductive element of the plurality of conductive elements comprises a first beam and a second beam;
the first beam comprises a first contact region adapted to make electrical contact with a surface of the second electrical connector at a first point of contact;
the second beam comprises a second contact region adapted to make electrical contact with the surface of the second electrical connector at a second point of contact, wherein the first point of contact and the second point of contact are offset relative to each other with respect to the mating direction;
the first beam is adapted to exert a first force normal to a plane defined by the surface of the second electrical connector when the first electrical connector and the second electrical connectors are mated;
the second beam is adapted to exert a second force normal to the plane when the first electrical connector and the second electrical connectors are mated, the first force being greater than the second force; and
the first point of contact is ahead of the second point of contact with respect to the mating direction.