Patent ID: 6079994
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A switching contact arrangement for use in an electrical connector, the arrangement having a fixed contact, a movable contact, and a mating contact, the arrangement comprising:the fixed contact being positioned to have a major surface substantially facing a major surface of the movable contact and a minor surface extending from the major surface and being positioned to contact a portion of the movable contact,the movable contact having a fixed end, a free end, a central axis extending along a major surface of the movable contact between a pair of edges, and a contact point for contacting the minor surface of the fixed contact, the contact point being disposed along one of the edges near the free end,the mating contact having a lead in surface profiled to fit in a space between the major surfaces of the fixed and movable contacts, the mating contact being positioned to engage the movable contact along its major surface at a point which is spaced apart from the central axis.