Electrical connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsLi-Pei Huang, Chien-Kuo Liao, Wayne Huang
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes an insulative connector body with two arms extending from opposite sides thereof. A plurality of rows of pin receiving channels are defined in the connector body each receiving an L-shaped terminal pin having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion. The horizontal portion of each of the terminal pins is partially received in the corresponding pin receiving channel and partially exposed. A pin holding member is arranged between and mounted to the arms of the connector body and defines slots for receiving and retaining the exposed portions of the horizontal portions of the terminal pins therein thereby protecting the exposed portions against deformation when mounting the connector to a circuit board.
Claims15
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative connector body comprising an upper portion stacked on a lower portion, each portion defining two rows of pin receiving channels therethrough, the rows being horizontally arranged above each other;
- a plurality of terminal pins arranged in rows, each having a first section extending in a predetermined direction and received in a corresponding pin receiving channel and a second section comprising a horizontal segment extending from the first section in the predetermined direction and a second segment extending from the horizontal segment in another direction that is not parallel to the predetermined direction, the horizontal segments of the terminal pins of the upper portion having a length greater than the length of the horizontal segments of the terminal pins of the lower portion;
- and
- two pin holding members mounted to the connector body and corresponding to the terminal pins of the two rows of the upper portion, each pin holding member defining a plurality of slots in the predetermined direction for receiving the horizontal segments of the second sections of the terminal pins of the upper portion, thereby retaining the terminal pins of the upper portion in position.
A connector comprising:
- a connector body defining an upper portion and a lower portion, said upper portion defining an upper row and a lower row of pin receiving channels therein;
- a first group of terminal pins received within the corresponding pin receiving channels of the lower row;
- a lower pin holding member attached to the connector body and engaged with the first group of terminal pins;
- a second group of terminal pins receiving within the corresponding pin receiving channels of the upper row;
- and
- an upper pin holding member attached to the connector body and engaged with the second group of terminal pins;
- wherein
- said lower pin holding member is positioned below the upper pin holding member and between the first group of terminal pins and the second group of terminal pins.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.