Electrical connector with a terminal pin alignment plate
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorDavid F. Koehler
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a plurality of conductive terminals mounted thereon with pin portions projecting therefrom. A pin alignment plate has a plurality of apertures for receiving the pin portions of the terminals. The pin alignment plate is movably mounted on the housing for movement from a protecting position generally at distal ends of the pin portions to a pin-exposing position spaced inwardly of the distal ends. The pin alignment plate has latches for mounting a printed circuit thereon for movement therewith between said positions.
Claims17
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a dielectric housing;
- a plurality of conductive terminals mounted on the housing with pin portions projecting therefrom;
- and,
- a pin alignment plate having a plurality of apertures for receiving the pin portions of the terminals, the pin alignment plate being movably mounted on the housing for movement from a protecting position generally at distal ends of said pin portions to a pin-exposing position spaced inwardly of said distal ends, and said pin alignment plate having mounting means for mounting a printed circuit board thereon for movement therewith between said positions.
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a dielectric housing;
- a plurality of conductive terminals mounted on the housing with pin portions projecting therefrom;
- a pin alignment plate having a plurality of apertures for receiving the pin portions of the terminals, the pin alignment plate being movably mounted on the housing for movement from a protecting position generally at distal ends of said pin portions to a pin-exposing position spaced inwardly of said distal ends, and said pin alignment plate having at least one latch arm for projecting through a mounting hole in a printed circuit board to mount the printed circuit board on said pin alignment plate for movement therewith between said positions;
- first complementary interengaging latch means between said pin alignment plate and said housing for holding said pin alignment plate in said protecting position;
- and,
- second complementary interengaging latch means between said pin alignment plate and said housing for holding said pin alignment plate in said pin-exposing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.