DUAL-BEAM CONTACTS HAVING A REALIGNMENT TWIST FOR GANG INSERTION INTO AN INSULATOR HOUSING

摘要

A card edge type electrical connector including dual-beam ground contacts ea ch having splayed pre-loaded tips and a realignment twist enabling a plurality of such contacts to be gang inserted into the insulator housing of the connector. To adjust the pitch of the pre-loaded tips, a predetermined twist is added to the bottom of the contacts during the stamping operation which re-aligns the tips with the correct contact rec eiving apertures. The re-alignment twist disappears once the contact(s) are fully s eated in the insulator housing, thus allowing the pre-loaded tips to reach their ultimate position within the insulator housing relative other adjacent contacts.