Patent ID: 8057263
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector configured to interconnect first and second circuit boards, the electrical connector comprising: a connector housing having opposite mating and loading faces configured to engage board edges of the first and second circuit boards, respectively, the connector housing including a contact channel that extends through the connector housing between the mating and loading faces; and a signal contact stamped from sheet material along a stamped edge, the signal contact including a contact body having opposite sheet surfaces, the stamped edge defining a shape of the contact body that includes first and second contact fingers and a base portion that joins the first and second contact fingers, the first and second contact fingers extending lengthwise from the base portion in substantially opposite directions; wherein the signal contact is disposed within the contact channel and held by the connector housing so that the stamped edge along the first contact finger is permitted to directly engage a contact pad of the first circuit board proximate to the mating face and so that the stamped edge along the second contact finger is permitted to directly engage a contact pad of the second circuit board proximate to the loading face.