US 7,530,862 B2
Contact finger with grooves
Sven-Christer Ragnarsson, Anderstorp (Sweden)
Assigned to Plastab; Anderstorp AB, Anderstorp (Sweden)
Filed on Feb. 27, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/679,310.
Claims priority of application No. 0600526 (SE), filed on Mar. 09, 2006.
Prior Publication US 2007/0212951 A1, Sep. 13, 2007
Int. Cl. H01R 11/22 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—856 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A contact finger comprising a connection member for connection to one end of a cable and a contact member adapted to connect with a corresponding contact member on a second contact finger, a transverse, ridge-shaped portion being provided at a front end portion of the contact member, the contact member being provided with a series of grooves in a contact surface thereof, the ridge-shaped portion being provided in the contact surface and the grooves extending over at least the ridge-shaped portion, a direction from an open end to a closed end of the grooves being generally perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the finger.