Electrical connector including guide member
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1. An electrical connector configured to mate with a complementary electrical component, the electrical connector comprising:
- an electrically insulative connector housing; and
at least one electrical contact supported by the electrically insulative connector housing, the at least one electrical contact including a mating end,wherein;
the electrically insulative connector housing includes at least one movable electrically insulative guide member that is disposed adjacent the mating end of the at least one electrical contact;
the electrically insulative connector housing comprises a receptacle configured to receive the complementary electrical component along a mating direction;
the at least one moveable electrically insulative guide member is movable with respect to the receptacle in a direction transverse to the mating direction;
the at least one movable electrically insulative guide member is configured to prevent the at least one electrical contact from stubbing on a corresponding mating portion of the complementary electrical component; and
the at least one electrical contact includes first and second contact beams that each define the mating end at least partially disposed in the receptacle, the first and second contact beams spaced from each other along a transverse direction that is substantially perpendicular to the mating direction, wherein the first and second contact beams are configured to deflect away from each other along the transverse direction as the complementary electrical component is mated with the electrical connector.
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an electrical contact assembly that includes an electrical contact and an electrically insulative guide member.
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21 Claims
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1. An electrical connector configured to mate with a complementary electrical component, the electrical connector comprising:
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an electrically insulative connector housing; and at least one electrical contact supported by the electrically insulative connector housing, the at least one electrical contact including a mating end, wherein; the electrically insulative connector housing includes at least one movable electrically insulative guide member that is disposed adjacent the mating end of the at least one electrical contact; the electrically insulative connector housing comprises a receptacle configured to receive the complementary electrical component along a mating direction; the at least one moveable electrically insulative guide member is movable with respect to the receptacle in a direction transverse to the mating direction; the at least one movable electrically insulative guide member is configured to prevent the at least one electrical contact from stubbing on a corresponding mating portion of the complementary electrical component; and the at least one electrical contact includes first and second contact beams that each define the mating end at least partially disposed in the receptacle, the first and second contact beams spaced from each other along a transverse direction that is substantially perpendicular to the mating direction, wherein the first and second contact beams are configured to deflect away from each other along the transverse direction as the complementary electrical component is mated with the electrical connector. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An electrical contact assembly configured to be mated with a printed circuit board along a mating direction, the electrical contact assembly comprising:
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a housing comprising a receptacle; an electrical contact including a first contact beam and a second contact beam spaced from the first contact beam to define a gap along a transverse direction that is substantially perpendicular to the mating direction, wherein each of the first and second contact beams define respective mating ends that are at least partially disposed in the receptacle; and at least one electrically insulative guide member that defines a lead in that is disposed adjacent the mating end of at least one of the first and second contact beams in a direction opposite the mating direction in which the printed circuit board is received, wherein; the at least one electrically insulative guide member is attached to at least one of the first and second contact beams such that the at least one electrically insulative guide member is movable with the electrical contact; the at least one electrically insulative guide member is attached to a respective mating end of the first or second contact beam; the at least one electrically insulative guide member is movable with respect to the housing; and the at least one guide member defining a guide surface along a plane that is angularly offset with respect to each of the mating direction and the transverse direction, such that the guide surface is configured to guide the printed circuit board from the one of the first and second contact beams toward the other of the first and second contact beams as the printed circuit board is received by the receptacle along the mating direction. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An electrical connector configured to mate with a complementary electrical component, the electrical connector comprising:
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an electrically insulative connector housing, the electrically insulative connector housing comprising a receptacle configured to receive the complementary electrical component along a mating direction; a plurality of movable electrical contacts that each comprises first and second contact beams, the plurality of movable electrical contacts supported by the connector housing, and the first and second contact beams of each of the plurality of movable electrical contact comprises a mating end at least partially disposed in the receptacle, the first and second contact beams being spaced from each other along a transverse direction that is substantially perpendicular to the mating direction, wherein; the first and second contact beams comprise respective inner surfaces that face each other, each inner surface being configured to contact the complementary electrical component when the electrical connector is mated to the complementary electrical component; the connector further comprises a plurality of movable electrically insulative guide members; and each of the first and second contact beams abut one of the plurality of movable electrically insulative guide members such that the complementary electrical component is guided by the movable electrically insulative guide members toward a gap between the inner surfaces as the complementary electrical component is received in the receptacle.
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