Destaticized connector structure

Claim 1

A static charge removal connector comprising: a male plug (21) including a male housing (22) having a base, a terminal mount (23), and at least one male terminal (24) fixed to the terminal mount (23); a female receptacle (1) comprising a female housing (2) having at least one terminal mounting cavity (3) and a flexible female terminal (4) in the cavity, said female housing (2) having a metal cover (11) integrally connected to ground bars (15) and applied to a top surface (10) of said female housing (2) said cover (11) having apertures (41) through which said terminal mount (23) with said male terminal (24) can be inserted; said terminal mount (23) projecting from a floor (29) of the male housing (22) of the male plug (21), and physically dimensioned so as to permit insertion through the aperture (41) in said cover (11) and into a slot (12) in the female housing (2), said male terminal (24) being fixed to said terminal mount (23) with a contact section (26) of said male terminal (24) laid on the top of said terminal mount (23), thus permitting the contact section (26) of said male terminal (24) to come to contact the contact section (6) of said flexible female terminal (4) when said male plug (21) is mated with said female receptacle (1); and said female terminal (4) which is yieldingly deformable remains contained within slot (12) of said female housing (2) prior to making contact with the male terminal (24), said female terminal having a base section (7) with two ends mounted within said female housing (2), one end integrally connected to a solder tail section (9) adapted to be connected to a trace on a printed circuit board and the other end integrally connected to a flexible bent section (5) which supports one end of a flat contact section (6) with the other end of the flat contact section (6) supported by a flexible arm (8), whereby the upward force provided by the flat contact section (6) against the male terminal (24) due to the support at both ends of the flat contact section by the flexible bent section (5) and the flexible arm (8) is generally equal across the entire length of the contact section (6).