Patent ID: 7909668
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A plurality of contacts, each contact comprising: a conductive portion having a compliant portion stamped and formed from a first end thereof, the compliant portion configured to be positioned in an opening of a panel; a wire-receiving portion having a wire-receiving channel provided thereon the wire-receiving portion being stamped and formed from a second end of the conductive portion; a bundle of wound wires mounted in the wire-receiving channel, the bundle of wound wires having contact sections which are configured to engage a mating connector; and the compliant portion and the wire-receiving portion being stamped and formed from material having a width no greater than the width of the conductive portion, whereby the plurality of contacts can be stamped to the spacing required for contact receiving openings of a respective connector and mass inserted into the contact receiving openings of the respective connector; wherein the wire-receiving portion has a first arcuate section, a second arcuate section, and a third arcuate section, the first arcuate section and third arcuate section are spaced from each other and are formed in essentially the same configuration to one side of the plane of the conductive portion, the second arcuate section is spaced between the first arcuate section and third arcuate section and is formed to the opposite side of the plane of the conductive portion as the first arcuate section and third arcuate section, the first arcuate section, the second arcuate section and the third arcuate section define the wire-receiving channel.