Patent ID: 7210225
Filing Date: 2007-05-01
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for setting contact height in an electrical connector, the method comprising: seating respective retention portions of first and second electrical contacts in separate contact wells of a connector housing such that each of said first and second electrical contacts has a respective mating end extending from a first end of the connector housing and a respective mounting end recessed within a second end of the connector housing that is opposite the first end thereof, wherein each said mating end is adapted to receive an electrical device, and each said mating end has a respective initial contact height relative to the connector housing, wherein the first and second electrical contacts are made of a material having only one stress-strain yield point; and pressing simultaneously on each said mating end in a direction toward said connector housing while the first and second contacts are unconnected from any electrical device such that, after the pressing, each said mating end has an approximately similar respective pressed contact height relative to said connector housing, wherein pressing on the mating ends comprises pressing on the mating ends at least until each of the first and second electrical contacts bends to a point exceeding the yield point and sets at the point.