Mezzanine electrical connector
AssigneeFci USA LLC
InventorMark E. Lauermann
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Abstract
An electrical connector assembly includes a first electrical connector and a second electrical connector configured to be mated with the first electrical connector. The first electrical connector includes a connector housing and first receptacle contacts having inner projections that secure the electrical contacts to the connector housing. The connector housing can include a plurality of divider walls that protect the mating ends of the receptacle contacts. The second electrical connector includes a second connector housing and a plurality of second electrical contacts supported by the second connector housing. The second electrical contacts can define paddle-shaped mating ends.
Claims34
An electrical contact comprising:
- a lead portion;
- a mounting end that extends from the lead portion in a first transverse direction along a transverse direction;
- and
- a mating end that extends from the lead portion in a second transverse direction that is opposite the first transverse direction, wherein the mating end includes first and second arms that are spaced from each other along a lateral direction that is perpendicular to the transverse direction,
- wherein the mating end defines a first projection that extends from the first arm in a first lateral direction along the lateral direction, and a second projection that extends from the second arm in a second lateral direction that is opposite the first lateral direction, and the first and second projections are sized and configured to receive an insertion force that drives the electrical contact into a dielectric connector housing so as to secure the electrical contact in the connector housing.
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A dielectric or electrically insulative electrical connector housing comprising:
- a base that defines a mounting interface;
- and
- a plurality of divider walls that project from the base in an outer transverse direction along a transverse direction so as to define a mating interface, each of the plurality of divider walls defining a respective plurality of rows that each extends along a lateral direction perpendicular to the transverse direction, wherein ones of the plurality of rows are spaced from each other along a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to both the transverse direction and the lateral direction, wherein each of the plurality of divider walls includes:
- a plurality of first wall segments spaced from each other along the lateral direction;
- a plurality of second wall segments spaced from each other along the lateral direction, wherein the first wall segments are offset with respect to the second wall segments in the longitudinal direction;
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- a plurality of ribs that are each connected between a respective one of the plurality of first wall segments and a respective one of the plurality of second wall segments.
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An electrical contact comprising:
- a lead portion;
- a mounting end that extends from the lead portion in a first transverse direction along a transverse direction;
- and
- a paddle shaped mating end that extends from the lead portion in a second transverse direction that is opposite the first transverse direction, wherein the mating end
- wherein 1) the electrical contact defines a pair of opposed edges and a pair of first and second opposed broadsides that are longer than the opposed edges in a plane that is orthogonal to the electrical contact, 2) each of the broadsides are substantially planar at the mating end, and 3) at least a portion of the edges flare away from each other as they extend in an outer transverse direction from the mounting end toward the mating end.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.