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Electrical connector with reduced stack height

  • US 9,543,703 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2013
  • Issued: 01/10/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/11/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An electrical connector comprising:

  • an electrically insulative connector housing; and

    an array of gender-neutral electrical contacts supported by the connector housing so as to define a mounting end configured to mount onto a substrate and a mating end that is disposed opposite the mounting end, each of the electrical contacts of the array of electrical contacts defining first and second opposed broadsides and first and second opposed edges, the broadsides longer than the edges, the array of electrical contacts defining a plurality of rows that are spaced along a column direction and a plurality of columns that are spaced along a row direction, such that edges of adjacent ones of the electrical contacts of each row face each other, and the broadsides of adjacent ones of the electrical contacts of each column face each other;

    wherein each of the mating ends are curved so as to define a curvature, and the electrical contacts define first, second, and third electrical contacts that are aligned along the column direction, such that the second electrical contact is adjacent and disposed between the first and third electrical contacts, the curvature of the mating ends of the first and second electrical contacts face each other, and the curvature of the mating ends of the second and third electrical contacts face away from each other, such a first distance is defined along the column direction from the mating end of the first electrical contact to the mating end of the second electrical contact, and a second distance is defined along the column direction from the mating end of the second electrical contact to the mating end of the third electrical contact, and the first distance is less than the second distance.

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