Patent ID: 6102744
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector having a housing with a slot for receiving the edge of a printed circuit card, a series of contact cavities extending generally perpendicular to the slot, and a respective series of contacts disposed in the contact receiving cavities for establishing electrical connections to contact pads on the edge of the printed circuit card, the connector comprising:the series of contacts being loadable into the housing from a mating end, the contacts having a main body extending from the mating end to a mounting end, and a tail extending from the main body through the mounting end, to a printed circuit board and being securable to the housing at the mounting end proximate the printed circuit board, a contact portion being lanced from the main body proximate the mating end thereby leaving an opening in the main body, the contact portion having a free end and an attached end connected to the main body at an attachment point, and a contact point spaced apart from the main body, the free end extending adjacent to the opening, the main body having a coined section extending into the opening to prevent deflection of the free end therethrough.