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 connector housing, the at least one electrical contact including a mating end,wherein the 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 at least one movable electrically insulative guide member configured to prevent the at least one electrical contact from stubbing on a corresponding mating portion of the complementary electrical component.
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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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26 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 connector housing, the at least one electrical contact including a mating end, wherein the 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 at least one movable electrically insulative guide member configured to prevent the at least one electrical contact from stubbing on a corresponding mating portion of the complementary electrical component. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. 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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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 a 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, 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 complementary electrical component from the one of the first and second contact beams toward the other of the first and second contact beams as the complementary electrical component is received by the receptacle along the mating direction. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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