Card edge connector and contact

摘要

An electrical connector (12) is provided for receiving a card edge into a card-receiving slot (13). A series of contacts (20) are disposed inside contact-receiving cavities (14) which are provided along the card-receiving slot (13). The contacts (20) have a cantilever arm (42), a tail section (40) and a contact section (48) which is lanced from the cantilever in (42). The contact section (48) is profiled to have a contact point (50) located at a distance from the cantilever arm (42) near a free end (44).