Patent ID: 6109981
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A socket contact adapted to be received and affixed in an insertion aperture in an insulator, comprising:(a) a fixing portion of substantially ""U""-shape in cross section having a base and a pair of opposed arms, the fixing portion having first and second ends and a width between the arms;(b) a connection portion attached to and extending from the first end of the fixing portion for connecting the socket connector to a board;(c) two contact pieces extending from the second end of the fixing portion, one contact piece being attached to one of the arms and the other contact piece being attached to the other of the arms, and each contact piece having a contact portion spaced apart from the fixing portion and adapted for contacting a mating contact of a mating connector; and(d) a tongue extending from the second end of the fixing portion, the tongue being connected by a shank to the base of the fixing portion, being coplanar with the base of the fixing portion, andhaving a width substantially equal to the width of the fixing portion; andwherein the contact pieces have recesses located abreast of the tongue such that the tongue does not engage the contact pieces and is engageable with walls of the insertion aperture of the insulator upon insertion of the socket contact into the insertion aperture so as to prevent side-to-side mis-alignment of the contact portions with the mating contact.