| US 7,563,103 B1 | ||
| Connector assembly having a bent in place contact | ||
| John Wesley Hall, Harrisburg, Pa. (US); Douglas John Hardy, Middletown, Pa. (US); and John Mark Myer, Millersville, Pa. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Tyco Electronics Corporation, Berwyn, Pa. (US) | ||
| Filed on May 15, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/121,648. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 12/00 (2006.01); H05K 1/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—63 [439/581; 439/902] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A connector assembly comprising:
a shell having a mating interface and a cavity;
a dielectric body having a front dielectric portion and a rear dielectric portion separately received in the cavity, the dielectric
body having a contact channel extending from a front end of the dielectric body to a rear end of the dielectric body, the
dielectric body having a contact slot open along a rear portion of the contact channel, the dielectric body having an anvil
section defined at a forward intersection of the contact channel and the contact slot; and
a contact received in the dielectric body, the contact having a mating end and a mounting end separated from one another by
a transition section, the mounting end being received through the contact channel until the transition section is located
proximate to the anvil section, the transition section being bent about the anvil section of the dielectric body to a transition
angle such that the mounting end is oriented at a transverse angle to the mating end;
wherein the front dielectric portion is initially loaded into the cavity, the mating end of the contact is loaded into the
front dielectric portion, and the rear dielectric portion is then loaded onto the mounting end of the contact to a final position.
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