Patent ID: 9614322
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: a housing having a top surface, a first passage, and a second passage spaced apart from said first passage, said first and second passages opening to said top surface; a fixed terminal in said first passage, said fixed terminal having a first contact; a movable terminal in said second passage, said movable terminal being movable with respect to said second passage, said movable terminal having a second contact; a ferromagnet in said first passage proximate to said first contact; and a magnet in said second passage and carried by said movable terminal proximate to said second contact, said magnet forming a magnetic field in said second contact, said magnetic field of said magnet defining two magnetic poles oriented parallel to said second passage, wherein said magnet in said second passage moves said movable terminal with respect to said second passage in response to a mating electrical connector, wherein said first contact of said first terminal further comprises an upper shaft and a lower shaft having a hole therein dimensioned to receive said upper shaft of said first contact, and wherein said second contact of said movable terminal further comprises an upper shaft and a lower shaft having a hole therein dimensioned to receive said upper shaft of said second contact.