Patent ID: 6527600
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical contact comprising:a U-shaped base having a bottom and two opposing side walls therealong that define a tab-receiving channel, the base has an open forward end for receiving a mating tab terminal and a rearward end with a middle region therebetween; and, a contact spring diposed over the bottom that has a bridge spanning the bottom and coupled to the opposing side walls in the middle region of the base where a first contact arm extends from the bridge towards the forward end and converges towards the bottom to a first contact point and then diverges to a free end thereby defining a mating tab insertion mouth and a second contact arm extending from the bridge towards the rearward end and converging towards the base to a second contact point that is disposed closer to the base than the first contact point; the bridge continously and integrally formed with one of the opposing side walls and the bridge having a free end opposite thereto that is attached to the other opposing side wall.