Matable electrical connectors having signal and power capabilities

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EP 1 770 828 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	11.07.2007 Bulletin 2007/28

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	04.04.2007 Bulletin 2007/14

(21)	Application number: 06026817.4

(22)	Date of filing: 15.04.1999

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

H01R 12/16^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	BE CH DE DK ES FI FR GB IE IT LI NL SE

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Priority:

17.04.1998 US 82091 P
25.09.1998 US 160900

(62)	Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC:
	05019128.7 / 1605550
	03028187.7 / 1401055
	99106269.6 / 0951102

(71)	Applicant: FCI
	78000 Versailles (FR)

(72)	Inventors:
	Clark, Stephen, L. Dillsburg Pennsylvania 17019 (US) Ortega, Jose, L. Camp Hill Pennsylvania 17011 (US) Shuey, Joseph, B. Camp Hill Pennsylvania 17011 (US) Brown III, John, B. Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania 17055 (US)

(74)	Representative: de Vries, Johannes Hendrik Fokke
	De Vries & Metman Overschiestraat 180 1062 XK Amsterdam 1062 XK Amsterdam (NL)

(54)	Matable electrical connectors having signal and power capabilities

(57) The present invention relates to An electrical connector, comprising a housing, comprising: a contact receiving cavity ; and a top wall including a heat dissipation through-hole formed therein that is fluidly connected to said contact receiving cavity; and an electrically conductive contact positioned in said contact receiving cavity, said electrically conductive contact comprising a first contact wall, a second contact wall opposing said first contact wall, and a medial space between said first and second contact walls, a first flexible beam adjoining the first contact wall, and a second flexible beam adjoining the second contact wall.
The first and second flexible beams each have a width, the first and second flexible beams define a heat flow path therebetween, the heat flow path being unobstructed in a widthwise direction of the first and second flexible beams, and at least a portion of said first and second contact walls are positioned in the housing below said heat dissipation through-hole.

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