Patent ID: 7976345
Filing Date: 2011-07-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a housing holding a plurality of identical electrical contact assemblies arranged in a linear array that extends along a longitudinal axis of the housing, each of the identical electrical contact assemblies being formed as an integral unit comprising first and second electrical contacts held by an insulative joining member, the plurality of identical electrical contact assemblies being arranged in a reverse alternating sequence in the housing such that each successive contact assembly in the linear array has a reverse orientation with respect to an immediately preceding contact assembly, wherein the identical electrical contact assemblies each comprise: a first electrical contact and a second electrical contact, the first electrical contact having: the second electrical contact having: wherein the edge connector portion of the first electrical contact is a mirror image of the edge connector portion of the second electrical contact, and wherein the receptacle contact portion of the first electrical contact is a slide-along image of the receptacle contact portion of the second electrical contact.