Electrical connector

An electrical connector for mating with a dashboard mounted speedometer assembly that includes a housing with a plurality of terminal pins projecting therefrom, comprising:

• a plurality of terminals each having a resiliently expandable socket portion at one end for receiving one of said terminal pins of the speedometer assembly, and a terminating portion at the opposite end for interconnection with a complementary electrical device;
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• a dielectric housing having a plurality of terminal-receiving passages each including a cavity portion for receiving the socket portion of one of the terminals, the cavity portion being sized to provide an anti-overstress means for the resiliently expandable socket portion of the terminal, and a plurality of mounting pegs for insertion into appropriate mounting holes of a substrate to mount the connector thereto, each mounting peg including a guiding portion for guiding the peg into a respective one of the mounting holes in the substrate and a resilient latch portion for latching engagement with the substrate, said boardlock pegs being generally hollow and forming a continuation of the cavity portions of respective said passages.

An electrical connector for mating with a complementary electrical device that includes a plurality of projecting terminal pins, comprising:

• a plurality of terminals each having a receptacle portion for receiving one of said terminal pins of the complementary electrical device;
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• a dielectric housing having a mating face and a mounting face with a plurality of through terminal-receiving passages extending between the faces, each passage including a cavity portion for receiving the receptacle portion of one of the terminals, and a plurality of mounting pegs for insertion into mounting holes in a substrate, each mounting peg being generally hollow and forming a continuation of one of the through terminal-receiving passages, said mounting pegs being in line with the cavity portions of said passages, each mounting peg including a guiding portion for guiding the peg into a respective one of the mounting holes in the substrate and a resilient latch portion for latching engagement with the substrate.