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AssigneeTyco Electronics Corporation
InventorsRichard J. Middlehurst, Donald E. Wood, Robert S. Jetter, Robert G. Foley
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A low profile connector assembly for use with a first printed circuit board having a plurality of first traces extending to an array of interconnect holes and a second printed circuit board having a plurality of second traces extending to an array of interconnect holes. The connector assembly comprises an elongate male connector housing extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first side extending parallel to the longitudinal axis adapted for mounting to the first printed circuit board in a position overlying the array of interconnect holes of the first printed circuit board. The male connector housing has a second side and a cavity communicating with an opening in the second side. A plurality of male electrical contacts of an electrically conductive material are carried by the male connector housing. The male electrical contacts have respective blades disposed completely within the cavity in longitudinally spaced-apart positions and accessible from the opening and respective pluralities of pin members extending from the first side for disposition within respective arrays of interconnect holes. An elongate female connector housing having a first side adapted for mounting to the second printed circuit board is included in the connector assembly. The female connector housing has a size and shape for at least partially seating within the cavity when the male and female connector housings are interconnected. A plurality of female electrical contacts of an electrically conductive material are carried by the female connector housing. The female electrical contacts has respective socket portions for receiving the blades when the male and female connector housings are interconnected and respective pluralities of pin members extending from the first side of the female connector housing for disposition within respective arrays of interconnect holes in the second printed circuit board. The female electrical contacts and the male electrical contacts serve to transmit power between the printed circuit boards.
A low profile connector assembly for use with a first printed circuit board having a plurality of first traces extending to an array of interconnect holes and a second printed circuit board having a plurality of second traces extending to an array of interconnect holes comprising an elongate male connector housing extending along a longitudinal axis and having a first side extending parallel to the longitudinal axis adapted for mounting to the first printed circuit board in a position overlying the array of interconnect holes of the first printed circuit board, the male connector housing having a second side and a cavity communicating with an opening in the second side, a plurality of male connector means of an electrically conductive material carried by the male connector housing, the male connector means having respective blades disposed completely within the cavity in longitudinally spaced-apart positions and accessible from the opening and respective pluralities of pin members extending from the first side for disposition within respective arrays of interconnect holes, an elongate female connector housing having a first side adapted for mounting to the second printed circuit board, the female connector housing having a size and shape for at least partially seating within the cavity when the male and female connector housings are interconnected, a plurality of female connector means of an electrically conductive material carried by the female connector housing, the female connector means having respective socket portions for receiving the blades when the male and female connector housings are interconnected and respective pluralities of pin members extending from the first side of the female connector housing for disposition within respective arrays of interconnect holes in the second printed circuit board whereby the female connector means and the male connector means serve to transmit power between the printed circuit boards.
A unitary male electrical contact for use in a male connector housing of a connector assembly mountable on a printed circuit board having at least one power-carrying trace that extends to an array of interconnect holes to engage a female electrical contact in a female connector housing of the connector assembly comprising a body of an electrically conductive material having a central portion, a plurality of pin members adapted for engaging a plurality of the interconnect holes extending from the central portion in spaced-apart positions and in a plane and a blade member for engaging the female electrical contact extending from the central portion away from the pin members.
A male electrical contact assembly for use in a male connector housing of a power connector assembly mounted on a printed circuit board having a plurality of power-carrying traces that each extend to an array of interconnect holes for engaging a female socket assembly in a female connector housing of the power connector assembly comprising first and second bodies of an electrically conductive material, each of the first and second bodies having a central portion extending in a plane and a plurality of pin members adapted for engaging the interconnect holes of a trace extending from the central portions in spaced-apart positions and in the plane and a blade member adapted for engaging the female socket assembly extending from the central portion away from the pin members, a spacer of an electrically insulating material disposed between the first and second bodies for electrically isolating the first and second bodies from each other whereby each of the first and second bodies serves to transmit a distinct power supply through the male connector housing.
A socket assembly for use in a female connector housing of a power connector assembly mountable on a printed circuit board having at least one power-carrying trace that extends to an array of interconnect holes for engaging a connector blade in a male connector housing of the power connector assembly comprising first and second bodies of an electrically conductive material, each of the first and second bodies being of a unitary construction and having a width and a central portion extending substantially in a plane, the central portion having opposite first and second ends, a plurality of pin members extending in the plane from the second end in spaced-apart positions across the width and a plurality of thin contact members secured to the first end and spaced apart across the width, the thin contact members extending toward the second end and being bowed outwardly from the central portion, the pin members of the first and second bodies being adapted to engage the array of interconnect holes and the thin contact members of the first and second bodies being opposed to each other so as to be adapted to sandwich the connector blade therebetween when the female connector housing and male connector housing are engaged.
A unitary first electrical contact for use in a first connector housing of a power connector assembly mountable on a printed circuit board having at least one power-carrying trace that extends to an array of interconnect holes for engaging a connector blade in a second connector housing of the power connector assembly comprising a body of an electrically conductive material having a width and a central portion extending substantially in a plane, the central portion having opposite first and second ends, a plurality of pin members extending in the plane from the second end in spaced-apart positions across the width and a plurality of thin contact members secured to the first end and spaced apart across the width, the thin contact members extending toward the second end and being bowed outwardly from the central portion, the pin members of the first and second bodies being adapted to engage the array of interconnect holes and the thin contact members of the body being adapted to engage the connector blade in the second connector housing.
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