US 12,170,424 B2
Contact of an electrical connector with protection tabs for cantilever beams
Nathan William Swanger, Middletown, PA (US); Nicholas Lee Evans, Middletown, PA (US); Neil Franklin Schroll, Middletown, PA (US); Guenther Mumper, Bensheim (DE); John Wesley Hall, Middletown, PA (US); and Jochen Brandt, Woert (DE)
Assigned to TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, (DE); and TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, (CH)
Filed by TE Connectivity Services GmbH, Schaffhausen (CH); and TE Connectivity Germany GmbH, Bensheim (DE)
Filed on Aug. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/399,540.
Prior Publication US 2023/0046887 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H01R 13/642 (2006.01); H01R 13/6582 (2011.01); H01R 13/6592 (2011.01); H01R 9/03 (2006.01); H01R 9/05 (2006.01); H01R 13/64 (2006.01); H01R 13/648 (2006.01); H01R 13/658 (2011.01); H01R 13/6591 (2011.01)
CPC H01R 13/642 (2013.01) [H01R 13/6582 (2013.01); H01R 13/6592 (2013.01); H01R 9/03 (2013.01); H01R 9/05 (2013.01); H01R 9/0503 (2013.01); H01R 9/0527 (2013.01); H01R 13/64 (2013.01); H01R 13/648 (2013.01); H01R 13/658 (2013.01); H01R 13/6591 (2013.01); H01R 13/65912 (2020.08); H01R 13/65915 (2020.08)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical contact, comprising:
a cantilever beam extending from a beam connected end connected to a body of the electrical contact to a beam free end along an insertion direction; and
a protection tab extending from a tab connected end connected to the body of the electrical contact to a tab free end in a direction opposite to the insertion direction, the tab free end is positioned adjacent to the beam free end, the protection tab has a guard portion on an outer surface of the protection tab between the tab connected end and the tab free end, the guard portion is positioned further from a central longitudinal axis extending centrally through the contact than the beam free end and protects the beam free end of the cantilever beam, the guard portion is not aligned with the cantilever beam along the insertion direction.