Patent ID: 6394854
Filing Date: 2002-05-28
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An insulative insert having contacts for signal transmission comprising:a first top wall, a second top wall, a bottom wall a front wall and a rear end, said first top wall and said second top wall being in different planes and each defining grooves therein that are in communication with said grooves of the other top wall; a first plurality of conductive leads extending from said bottom wall of the insulative insert and across said second top wall in first and second common planes, thereafter said first plurality of conductive leads forming a first terminal edge by extending toward the rear end of said insulative insert in a first common oblique plane; and a second plurality of conductive leads extending from said bottom wall of the insulative insert and across said second top wall in said second common plane, and thereafter angularly toward the front end in a second common oblique plane to form a second terminal edge which extends beyond the first terminal edge, wherein said first oblique plane and said second oblique plane intersect at a contact area.