Patent ID: 6604967
Filing Date: 2003-08-12
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
A socket assembly for use in a female connector housing of a power connector assembly mountable on a printed circuit board having at least one power-carrying trace for engaging a connector blade in a male connector housing of the power connector assembly comprising first and second bodies of an electrically conductive material, each of the first and second bodies being of a unitary construction and having a width and a central portion extending substantially in a plane, the central portion having opposite first and second ends, a plurality of terminals extending from the second end and a plurality of thin contact members secured to the first end and spaced apart across the width, each of the thin contact members extending in a first direction away from the first end to a fold which curves through an angle of approximately 180Â° and extending from the fold in an opposite second direction toward the second end to a common strip disposed transversely of the thin contact members, each of the thin contact members extending first away from the central portion and then towards the central portion as the thin contact member extends in the second direction from the fold to the common strip, the terminals of the first and second bodies being adapted to engage the at least one trace and the thin contact members of the first and second bodies being opposed to each other so as to be adapted to sandwich the connector blade therebetween when the female connector housing and male connector housing are engaged.