Electrical connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorJerry Wu
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Abstract
An electrical connector (1) comprises a dielectric body (10) and a plurality of conductive contacts (20) retained to the dielectric body. The dielectric body defines two rows of positioning holes (11) and a row of retaining holes (13) between the positioning holes. Each contact has a retaining portion (22) retained to a corresponding retaining hole, a mating beam (24) and a press-fit tail (26) extending from opposite ends of the retaining portion. A pair of resilient beams (28) project from a joint portion between the retaining portion and the press-fit tail for insertion into a corresponding positioning hole and upper ends (282) thereof are bent to abut against a slanted portion (114) formed adjacent to the positioning hole.
Claims21
An electrical connector, comprising:
- a dielectric body defining two rows of positioning holes and a row of retaining holes between the positioning holes;
- and
- a plurality of conductive contacts each having a retaining portion retained to a corresponding retaining hole, a mating beam and a press-fit tail extending from opposite ends of the retaining portion, respectively, a pair of resilient beams projecting from a joint portion between the retaining portion and the press-fit tail, the pair of resilient beams being inserted into a corresponding positioning hole.
An electrical connector for being mounted onto a circuit board, comprising:
- a dielectric body defining two rows of positioning holes and a row of retaining holes between the positioning holes;
- and
- a plurality of conductive contacts each having a retaining portion retained to a corresponding retaining hole, a mating beam and a press-fit tail extending from opposite ends of the retaining portion;
- wherein
- a horizontal section is formed on each of the conductive contacts to prevent the contact from moving with respect to the dielectric body or being damaged during the contact inserting into a circuit board.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- a printed circuit board defining at least one row of vertical through holes;
- and
- an electrical connector including:
- an insulative housing defining at least one row of vertical positioning holes;
- at least one row of contacts vertically inserted into and disposed in said one row of positioning holes, respectively, each of said contacts including a press-fit tail removeably retained in the corresponding through hole;
- wherein
- said press-fit tail defines a vertical plane, and each of said contacts including a lower horizontal portion and an upper horizontal portion respectively abutting against the housing vertically around said vertical plane so as to efficiently resist insertion or withdrawal force applied to the contact when said connector is mounted unto or removed from the printed circuit board;
- wherein
- both said lower horizontal portion and said upper horizontal portion extend from said vertical plane;
- wherein
- each of said contacts further includes a vertical mating beam laterally offset from the vertical plane.
A method of making an electrical connector for use with a printed board, comprising of steps of:
- providing an insulative housing with a plurality of vertical positioning holes and a plurality of retaining hole;
- providing a plurality of contacts each with a mating beam and an opposite solderless press-fit tail defining a vertical plane thereof:
- inserting the mating beams of said contacts into the corresponding retaining holes, respectively, with a horizontal portion of each of the contacts vertically abutting against the housing;
- and
- successively laterally bending a portion of said press-fit tail to have said portion vertically abut against the housing;
- wherein
- said horizontal portion and said successively laterally bent portion respectively resist upward and downward force applied on the contact when said connector is used to be mounted unto or withdrawn from the printed circuit board.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.