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Electrical contact

  • US 6,042,433 A
  • Filed: 04/22/1998
  • Issued: 03/28/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/29/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An electrical contact comprising:

  • a box-shaped female contact section having a front end and a back end and formed by a bottom wall, an upper wall and side walls;

    a contact member disposed within the female contact section extending from an inner end of the bottom wall adjacent the back end of the female contact section, the contact member including a bent section extending toward the upper wall and a tongue portion extending from the bent section and along the upper wall toward the front end of the female contact section and toward the bottom wall so that the tongue portion has a slanted orientation; and

    a protrusion extending inwardly from the upper wall within the female contact section toward the front end of the female contact section and extending along a portion of the tongue portion.

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