Patent ID: 6315581
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A press-fit contact for an electrical connector comprising a retention portion, a mating portion and a tail portion, the mating portion and the tail portion respectively extending from opposite ends of the retention portion, the tail portion 15 press-fitted into a corresponding through hole of a printed circuit board (PCB), the tail portion including a base section and a pair of arced engaging sections respectively extending from opposite side edges of the base section, each engaging section defining a cutout providing resiliency to the engaging section during press-fit engagement between the tail portion and the corresponding through hole of the PCB, said cutouts separating the engaging sections into opposite upper sections and opposite lower sections received in a common through hole of the PCB after said press-fit engagement, said opposite upper sections as well as said opposite lower sections defining an outer diameter larger than the diameter of the corresponding through hole of the PCB before said press-fit engagement.