Electrical connector having terminals which cooperate with an edge of a circuit board
AssigneeAMP Incorporated
InventorsIosif Korsunsky, Dimitry G. Grabbe
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Abstract
An electrical connector has first terminals which are surface mounted to respective sides of a substrate and second terminals which extend through an edge surface of the substrate to make electrical connection to an opening provided in the substrate. As the connector is mated to the edge of the substrate, the connector occupies a minimal space on the substrate.
Claims10
A connector assembly having a housing with first and second terminals extending therefrom, the first and second terminals have respectively first and second mating legs which cooperate with a printed circuit board provided proximate the housing, the printed circuit board having conductive areas provided on surfaces thereof and conductive openings which extend between the surfaces, the connector assembly comprising:
- the first terminals are secured in the housing, first mounting portions of the first terminals are located in first terminal receiving cavities of the housing, the first mating legs are integral with the first mounting portions and extend outside the housing, the first mating legs cooperate with the conductive areas provided on the printed circuit board for surface mounting thereto;
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- the second terminals are secured in the housing, the second mating legs extend outside the housing, the second mating legs extend through an edge surface of printed circuit board to cooperate with the conductive openings provided on the printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.