Printed circuit board electrical connector and assembly method for the same
AssigneeAmphenol Corporation
InventorsZlatan Ljubijankic, Barbara H. Marten, Ming Jong, Andy Toffelmire
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Abstract
An electrical connector and method of assembling an electrical connector that is configured for mounting to a printed circuit board. The electrical connector has interleaved contact wafers to form one or more contact wafer assemblies that are supported by an insert of the electrical connector, such that the one or more contact wafer assemblies form a predetermined arrangement of mating ends of the plurality of contacts at a mating interface of the electrical connector.
Claims20
A method of assembling an electrical connector, the electrical connector being configured for mounting to a printed circuit board, comprising the steps of:
- bending tail ends of each of a plurality of contact wafers, each contact wafer including a plurality of contacts supported by a housing, wherein each of the plurality of contacts includes a mating end for engaging a mating connector and a tail end for electrically connecting to a printed circuit board, the mating and tail ends being exposed outside of the housing;
- interleaving the plurality of contact wafers such that the mating ends thereof are substantially aligned with one another to form one or more contact wafer assemblies;
- loading the one or more contact wafer assemblies into an insert of an electrical connector, such that the one or more contact wafer assemblies form a predetermined arrangement of the mating ends of the plurality of contacts at a mating interface of the electrical connector;
- and
- inserting the insert, with the one or more contact wafer assemblies, into a shell of the electrical connector.
An electrical connector for a printed circuit board, comprising:
- a mating interface for interfacing with a mating connector;
- and
- one or more contact wafer assemblies, each contact wafer assembly including,
- two interleaved contact wafers, each contact wafer having a plurality of contacts supported by a housing, each of the plurality of contacts includes a mating end for engaging the mating connector and a tail end for electrically connecting to the printed circuit board, the mating and tail ends being exposed outside of the housing, and
- the mating ends of the contact wafers of each contact wafer assembly are substantially aligned with one another, and
- wherein the one or more contact wafer assemblies form a predetermined arrangement of the mating ends of the plurality of contacts at the mating interface.
An electrical connector for a printed circuit board, comprising:
- a mating interface for interfacing with a mating connector;
- a plurality of contact wafer assemblies, each contact wafer assembly including,
- two interleaved contact wafers, each contact wafer having a plurality of contacts supported by a housing, each of the plurality of contacts includes a mating end for engaging the mating connector and a tail end for electrically connecting to the printed circuit board, the mating and tail ends being exposed outside of the housing, and
- the mating ends of the contact wafers of each contact wafer assembly are substantially aligned with one another, and
- wherein the plurality of contact wafer assemblies form a predetermined arrangement of the mating ends of the plurality of contacts at the mating interface;
- and
- a contact support member being provided at the tail ends of plurality of contacts, the contact support member including a plurality of conductive springs corresponding to each tail end of each of the plurality of contacts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.