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US 4,678,250 AGranted
Multi-pin electrical header
AssigneeMethode Electronics, Inc.
InventorsEdward L. Romine, Roger W. Byczek
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AssigneeMethode Electronics, Inc.
InventorsEdward L. Romine, Roger W. Byczek
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A multiple male pin electrical header is provided for connection to the surface of a printed circuit board. No header components need extend entirely through the board. The header comprises an integral and electrically insulating body member; and the plurality of male pin connectors extend through the body member. The pins have tail portions adapted to electrically contact pads or other surfaces of a printed circuit board. Pin head portions extend upwardly for connection with another electrical connector. The header body portion is formed to define a plurality of pin cavities, each cavity being shaped to expose only an individual male pin connector for contact by test probe. These cavities are shaped to discourage simultaneous test probe shorting contact across a plurality of connector pins. The body member is geometrically configured to provide recesses between the pin members, so that the body member can be broken apart at any one of the recesses to provide a multiple pin electrical header of desired extent.
A multiple male pin electrical header for connection to the surface of a printed circuit board, the header comprising, in combination, an integral, electrically insulating body member, and a plurality of solid, generally cylindrical male pin connectors extending at least partly through the body member, at least one pin having a tail portion adapted to electrically contact the surface of a printed circuit board and being provided with a pad tip recess opening in the direction of the axis of the cylindrical male pin and adapted to temporarily receive in a recess a reflow solder pellet oriented parallel to the surface of the underlying printed circuit board, the pin further having a head portion adapted for connection with another electrical connector, the insulating header body portion being formed to define a plurality of pin cavities, each cavity being shaped to expose a single individual solid male pin connector side for contact by a test probe, yet discourage simultaneous test probe shorting contact with a plurality of connector pins or a plurality of single connector pin surfaces.
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