Patent ID: 7651382
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising: a mating pair of connector bodies, each body having a capturing portion, a leading edge and a groove and a recess between the capturing portion and the leading edge, the recess communicating with the groove; a pair of elongated, relatively flat-surfaced, metallic contact members; each contact member having two ends, a captured end and a free end; and further having a substantially flat portion and an arcuate portion between said ends; the substantially flat portion of each contact member mounted in the capturing portion of the connector body and fixed thereby; the arcuate portion of each contact member aligned with said groove and having its free end located in said recess before mating of the connector pair; whereby when said pair of connector bodies are mated by sliding the two connector bodies relative to each other, the leading edge of a connector body contacts a respective arcuate portion of the other connector body to force the respective arcuate portions into relatively flat shape; the change in shape bringing the free ends of each contact member from the recess and into wiped contact with the relatively flat surface of the other contact member.