US 7,448,883 B2
Connector with metalized coated polymer contact
Wayne Stewart Alden, III, Whitman, Mass. (US); Jeffery W. Mason, N. Attleboro, Mass. (US); and Peter Wapenski, Foster, R.I. (US)
Assigned to Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, Pa. (US)
Filed on Feb. 05, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/702,726.
Prior Publication US 2008/0188127 A1, Aug. 07, 2008
Int. Cl. H01R 9/09 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—91  [439/931] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A socket connector comprising:
an insulator having a plurality of apertures, a plurality of contacts held by said insulator and arranged in groups wherein each said group includes plural said contacts disposed around a periphery of a respective aperture, each said contact including a polymer contact body having first and second opposite contact tips, and a conductive coating extending on said contact body from said first contact tip to said second contact tip, wherein a portion of each said contact body extends into said respective aperture.