Patent ID: 6830471
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical contact for engaging with a transversely actuatable pin, the electrical contact comprising:a medial portion having a U-shaped horizontal cross-section and comprising two parallel sidewalls and an engaging portion extending from a lower section of one of the sidewalls; a pair of arm portions extending from an upper section of the sidewalls of the medial portion respectively and bending obliquely toward each other, each of the arm portions being deflectable from a rest position to a deflected position by the pin, each of the arm portions comprising a contact portion at an end thereof and a guiding portion extending obliquely from the contact portion, the guiding portion comprising an inner convex side and a bottom edge, tile contact portion comprising an inner convex side, wherein when each of the arm portions is deflected from the rest position to the deflected position, the pin contacts a contact section of the arm portion located above the bottom edge; and a solder portion extending from a lower section of the engaging portion of the medial portion.