Electric connector assembly for use in coupling two printed boards
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorMasanori Yagi
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Abstract
Disclosed is an improved electric connector assembly for use in coupling two printed boards. The height of such assembly is reduced yet a good effective length of contact beam and increased distance between the soldering tails of the opposite terminals is assured. Each female terminal is composed of a horizontal base, a contact beam rising from one end of the horizontal base and having contact near its top end. A transition descends from the other end of the horizontal base, and a soldering tail horizontally extends from the transition. The female terminals are attached to opposite side walls of their housing with their horizontal bases partly embedded in the opposite side walls.
Claims25
An electrical connector for mating with a complementary mating electrical connector, said electrical connector comprising:
- a dielectric housing;
- a plurality of terminals mounted therein;
- each said terminal having a contact beam extending in a first direction with a contact area for contacting a mating terminal of said complementary mating electrical connector, portions at opposite ends of said contact beam embedded in and retained by said housing, and a tail portion extending from one of said embedded portions for interconnecting said terminal to an electrical circuit of a circuit member upon which said electrical connector is adapted to be mounted.
An electrical connector assembly for use in coupling two circuit members comprising a first connector part having a plurality of pairs of first terminals longitudinally arranged and mounted in a first housing;
- a second connector part having a plurality of pairs of second terminals different from said first terminals longitudinally arranged and mounted in a second housing;
- each said first terminals having a contact beam extending in a first direction with a contact area for contacting a second terminal of said second connector part, portions at opposite ends of said contact beam embedded in and retained by said first housing, and a tail portion extending from one of said embedded portions for interconnecting the first terminal to one of said circuit members.
An electrical connector for mating with a complementary mating electrical connector, said electrical connector comprising:
- a dielectric housing;
- a pair of rows of terminals mounted therein;
- each said terminal having a contact beam extending in a first direction, a contact area for contacting a mating terminal of said complementary mating electrical connector, portions at opposite ends of said contact beam embedded and retained by said housing, and a tail portion extending from one of said embedded portions for interconnecting said terminal to an electrical circuit of the circuit member upon which said electrical connector is adapted to be mounted;
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- contact areas of the terminals in each of said pair of rows of terminals opposing contact areas of terminals in the other of said pair of rows of terminals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.