Patent ID: 6261134
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
A one-piece hooded socket contact formed from a sheet metal blank that is rolled to form the contact body comprising:a contact body having a forward mating section and a rear wire connection section;said mating section comprising a generally cylindrical hood having a front end and a reverse bend of more than 90.degree. at said front end to form a plurality of spring fingers and lead-in tabs between said fingers, all lying within said hood and extending rearwardly from said hood front end with at least said fingers extending inwardly toward the center axis of said cylindrical hood; andsaid tabs having a length less than one-quarter that of said fingers, and being stiff to guide a pin contact with said tabs forming at least three radially innermost locations circumferentially spaced apart by about 120.degree. about said axis and lying on an imaginary circle to center a pin contact of generally cylindrical shape in said hood.