Electrical connector assembly and module incorporating the same

A right-angled electrical connector module, comprising:

• a box-like chassis including a bottom wall and side walls with a mating portion at one side wall extending generally parallel to the bottom wall;
• a terminal support member mounted on the bottom wall of the chassis;
• a terminal pin alignment member supported on the support member and including a plurality of pin-receiving passages having retention sections;
• a plurality of right-angled conductive terminals having compliant pin portions and generally perpendicular contact portions, the pin portions being insertable through the passages in the pin alignment member and into appropriate holes in a printed circuit board, and the pin portions having retention portions for engaging the retention sections of the passages;
• a contact alignment member having contact-receiving passages for receiving the contact portions of the conductive terminals, the contact alignment member being positionable at the mating portion of the chassis;
• at least one mounting post on the terminal support member and extending through the terminal pin alignment member for mounting the printed circuit board on top of the terminal pin alignment member in engagement with the pin portions of the terminals;
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• complementary interengaging latch means between at least one of the terminal support member or the contact alignment member and the chassis.

A right-angled electrical connector assembly for connection to a printed circuit board, comprising:

• a terminal support member for supporting the assembly on an appropriate support structure;
• a plurality of right-angled conductive terminals having compliant pin portions and generally perpendicular contact portions, the pin portions having retention portions;
• a terminal pin alignment member supported on the support member and including a plurality of pin-receiving passages for receiving the pin portions of the terminals therethrough in a direction generally perpendicular to said support structure for connection to the printed circuit board, the passages having retention sections for engaging the retention portions of the terminals;
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• a contact alignment member having a plurality of contact-receiving passages for receiving the contact portions of the terminals therethrough to define a mating portion of the assembly.