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US 2006/0134949 A1Published application
Electrical connector with protective cover for post header
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorShi-Yong Wang
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Abstract
A header connector assembly is provided in which a protective cover (50) is engageably attached to an end portion of the header connector housing (30) such that when the protective cover and the connector housing engage, the cover and the connector housing combine to form a complete planar mating surface (53), for engaging with a printed circuit board, wherein the complete planar mating surface is larger in size than a mating face (301) of the connector housing.
Claims16
A header connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing having an array of passageways with contact posts held in the passageways, the contact posts having first and second end portions that are substantially perpendicular to each other, with the first and second end portions extending beyond first and second mating faces of the housing respectively, wherein the second mating face is adapted for engagement with contacts of a mating electrical connector;
- and
- a protective cover engageably attached to the insulative housing at the first mating face such that when the protective cover engages with the insulative housing, the cover and the housing combined to form a complete planar mating surface, which is adapted to face a substrate, in size being larger than the first mating face of the housing.
A header connector assembly comprising:
- a printed circuit board;
- an insulative housing defining a generally right angle cross-section including a vertical section and a horizontal section;
- a plurality of through holes defined in the vertical section adjacent to the horizontal section;
- a plurality of contacts each defining a right angle configuration having a vertical segment and a horizontal segment, said horizontal segment extending through said through holes, respectively;
- and
- a protective cover assembled to the vertical section, said vertical segment engaging the protective cover;
- wherein
- the assembled housing and protective cover defines a mounting area which is positioned upon the printed circuit board and is larger than a cross-sectional area of said vertical section.
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A header connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing having an upside-down L-shaped cross-section with a plurality of L-shaped contacts therein;
- an insulative protective cover having an upstanding L-shaped cross-section with a plurality of through holes therein;
- the insulative housing and the insulative protective cover being assembled together;
- wherein
- a vertical section of the housing is essentially located in a space defined between a vertical portion and a horizontal portion of said protective cover, and a vertical segment of the contact extends through the corresponding through hole and out of a mounting face of said protective cover for mounting to a printed circuit board.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.