Patent ID: 6620002
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A contact strip having a plurality of contacts interconnected by a carrier, each contact includes a body portion for being fixedly retained to a dielectric housing, an upper arm upwardly extending from the body portion for engaging with a first printed circuit board and a lower arm extending downwardly and laterally from the body portion, said lower arm having a free end for resiliently engaging with a second printed circuit board and a connecting portion connecting with the body portion, said carrier defining a row of holes therein and having a plurality of connection stems each connecting with the connecting portion of a corresponding contact, an oblique score being defined between the connecting portion of each contact and a corresponding connection stem of the carrier for facilitating removing the carrier from the contactswherein the oblique score extends substantially along a tangential direction of a curved contour of the connecting portion of the lower arm; wherein the oblique score is angled substantially by 45 degrees with respect to an extending direction of the corresponding connection stem; and wherein the connection stems of the carrier are substantially parallel to the upper arms of the contacts.