Patent ID: 9461409
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a housing having a wire end and a mating end, the housing having a bottom extending between the wire end and the mating end and sidewalls extending from the wire end, the housing having slots extending between the wire end and the mating end; a terminal array extending between the wire end and the mating end of the housing, the terminal array having second terminals and first terminals that extend in the same direction upwardly from the housing bottom, the second terminals and the first terminals having a wire end and a mating end and a conductor extending between the wire end and mating end, the mating ends of the second terminals aligned with the mating ends of the first terminals; a wire contact positioned at the wire end of each of the second terminals and the first terminals, the wire contact of each first terminal positioned a distance from the bottom of the housing, the wire contact of each second terminal positioned a distance from the bottom of the housing that is different than the distance of the wire contacts of the first terminals, the wire contacts of each of the first terminals extending at a first angle with respect to the wire end of the housing, the wire contacts of each of the second terminals extending at a second angle with respect to the wire end of the housing such that the wire contacts of the first terminals are non-parallel to the wire contacts of the second terminals; and mating contacts positioned at the mating end of the second terminals and the first terminals, each of the mating contacts received in a corresponding one of the slots, the mating contacts of the second terminals aligned and alternating with the mating contacts of the first terminals.