Connector assembly for printer ink cartridge

Abstract

An electronic cartridge assembly is provided for conducting power and data signals from a printer circuit board to a pen substrate. The assembly utilizes a pen connector that includes a housing and contacts secured to the housing and adapted for carrying electrical power and data signals. Each contact includes a connector pad located at one end of the contact and a tail end located at an opposite end of the contact. The connector pads are adapted to electrically engage mating contacts, and the tail ends are adapted to be bounded to the pen substrate. The housing holds the tail ends in a first plane arranged in rows separated by a first distance, and the housing holds the connector pads in a second plane arranged in rows separated by a second distance. The first distance and second distance differ from one another.

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