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Electrical receptacle contact

  • US 6,296,533 B1
  • Filed: 08/31/1998
  • Issued: 10/02/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/31/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An electrical contact comprising:

  • a conductor receiving section;

    a receptacle section having two resilient contact beams symmetrically disposed opposite one another about a vertical contact center line thereby forming a terminal receiving cavity, wherein each contact beams asymmetrically disposed about a horizontal contact centerline which is perpendicular to the vertical contact centerline and which intersects the vertical contact center line at a central axis of the electrical contact; and

    an intermediate section joining the receptacle section to the conductor receiving section, wherein each contact beam is inwardly tapered from a base section toward a contact free end so that the base section of each contact beam adjacent the intermediate section is wider than the beam free end spaced from the intermediate section.

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