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US 6,585,526 B2Granted
Electrical connector having moveable side walls for accommodating a second electrical connector
AssigneeTyco Electronics AMP GmbH
InventorsEric Gillenberg, Johan Vanbesien
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Abstract
The invention describes an electrical connector having a multitude of adjacent contacts and side walls. At least part of the side walls are flexibly moveable, and the side walls are positioned so that they surround at least part of the contact element region. Because of the flexibility of the side walls, an electrical connector of this type can be connected to a second electrical connector under any circumstances and without any problems.
Claims10
An electrical connector comprising:
- a first electrical connector having a plurality of adjacent contacts disposed in a contact region and a side wall which substantially surrounds the contact region having one or more parts that are flexibly moveable, the one or more parts tat are flexibly moveable are arranged such that during mating with a second electrical connector the one or more parts that are flexibly moveable come into contact with the second electrical connector and are pushed aside by the second electrical connector;
- the first electrical connector being arranged on a first circuit board for connection with a second electrical connector mounted on a second circuit board;
- and,
- the second electrical connector having two halves arranged opposite each other on opposing sides of the second circuit board.
1 more element
An electrical connector comprising:
- a first electrical connector having a plurality of side walls mounted on a first circuit board, at least one of the side walls having a flexibly moveable part, the flexibly moveable part is displaced by a second electrical connector mounted on a second circuit board and mated between the side walls of the first electrical connector such that a space is formed between the side wall having the flexibly moveable part and the second electrical connector, the second electrical connector includes a first and second connector half, the first connector halt disposed on a first side of the second circuit board and the second connector half disposed on a second opposing side of the second circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.