US 7,591,683 B2
Contact terminal, extender with improved ground contact, and method for making the extender
George (Huanyi) Zhang, Irvine, Calif. (US); Wei Yuan, Shenzhen (China); Tsu-Yang Wu, Tu-cheng (Taiwan); Hai-Jun Wang, Shenzhen (China); and Gustavo F. Duenas, Placentia, Calif. (US)
Assigned to Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien (Taiwan)
Filed on Jun. 19, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/214,683.
Application 12/214683 is a continuation in part of application No. 11/810814, filed on Jun. 07, 2007, granted, now 7,497,739.
Prior Publication US 2008/0305690 A1, Dec. 11, 2008
Int. Cl. H01R 25/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—638  [439/79] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A connector assembly comprising:
an insulative housing having a first mating face and a second mating face different from the first mating face, and a mounting face angled to the first and second faces; a plurality of first contact terminals each unitarily having only one first contact engaging portion accessible from the first mating face and configured to mate with a first complementary connector inserted into the first mating face; a plurality of second contact terminals each unitarily having only one second contact engaging portion accessible from the second mating face and configured to mate with a second complementary connector inserted into the mating face; and a plurality of third contact terminals each unitarily having a first engaging portion accessible from the first mating face and configured to mate with said first complementary connector, and a second engaging portion accessible from the second mating face, said second engaging portion configured to mate with said second complementary connector; wherein the mounting face is orthogonal to the first and second faces and said first face is opposite to the second face along a mating direction of said first mating face.