Patent ID: 8047882
Filing Date: 2011-11-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A contact assembly comprising: a bifurcated contact elongated along a longitudinal axis with contact tips protruding from a common end of the bifurcated contact; and a mating contact having an outer end and a body elongated along a major axis, the body comprising a mating surface along a front face of the body, the outer end including angled lead-in ramps that form transitions from the outer end to the mating surface, the lead-in ramps extending away from one another toward opposite sides of the mating contact, wherein the bifurcated contact and the mating contact engage one another such that the contact tips of the bifurcated contact are directed along corresponding different lead-in ramps of the mating contact to engage the same mating surface on the front face of the mating contact.