Patent ID: 6814632
Filing Date: 2004-11-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector system havingan electrical contact structure including an electrically conducting contact comprising; a metallic contact body having a hollow tubular portion suitable for receiving an end of a wire inserted therein and forming a crimping contact to the wire, and a metallic contactor extending from the contact body, and a hollow nonmetallic sleeve having a uniform inner diameter same as the inner diameter of the hollow tubular portion joined to and extending from the hollow tubular portion of the contact body, the nonmetallic sleeve being coaxial with the hollow tubular portion in a region where the hollow tubular portion and the nonmetallic sleeve are joined to each other, where the wire may be inserted through an interior of the nonmetallic sleeve and into the hollow tubular portion of the contact body for crimping thereto; and making a direct electrical connection thereto; and an electrical connector body in which the electrical contact structure is received.