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US 7,008,241 B2Granted
Electrical connector assembly
AssigneeMolex Incorporated
InventorsScott P. Marceau, Paul C. Berg, Mark A. Cole, Jonathan D. Lohman
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Abstract
An electrical connector termination assembly includes a dielectric pin holder. A plurality of elongated terminal pins extend through the pin holder in a pattern of at least two rows of pins with the pins in the respective rows being aligned transversely of the rows. Each of at least some of the terminal pins defining a longitudinal axis and including an arm at a termination end of the pin offset from the longitudinal axis. The arm is bent to define a termination pad extending transversely of the longitudinal axis.
Claims19
An electrical connector termination assembly, comprising:
- a dielectric pin holder;
- and
- a plurality of elongated terminal pins extending through the pin holder in a pattern of at least two rows of pins with the pins in the respective rows being aligned transversely of the rows, each of at least some of the terminal pins defining a longitudinal axis and including an arm at a termination end of the pin offset from the longitudinal axis, the arm being bent to define a termination pad extending transversely of the longitudinal axis, the arms of the terminal pins of the at least two rows of pins being offset from respective ones of the pin longitudinal axes such that all of the termination pads of the pins in the respective rows are offset transversely of the rows, the arms at the termination ends of the terminal pins in one row thereof being offset to one side of the terminal pins longitudinally of the row, the arms at the termination ends of the terminal pins in the other row thereof being offset to an opposite side of the terminal pins longitudinally of the row, and the arms at the termination ends of the terminal pins in each row thereof being bent toward the other row of terminal pins.
An electrical connector termination assembly, comprising:
- a dielectric pin holder;
- and
- a plurality of elongated terminal pins extending through the pin holder in a pattern of at least two rows of pins with the pins in the respective rows being aligned transversely of the rows, each of at least some of the terminal pins defining a longitudinal axis and including an arm at a termination end of the pin offset from the longitudinal axis, the arm being bent generally at a right-angle to the longitudinal axis of the respective terminal pin to define a termination pad on a side of the arm with the pad forming a generally flat surface in a plane generally perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, all of the arms at the termination ends of the terminal pins in one row thereof being offset to one side of the terminal pins longitudinally of the row, all of the arms at the termination ends of the terminal pins in the other row thereof being offset to an opposite side of the terminal pins longitudinally of the row and the arms at the termination ends of the terminal pins in each row thereof being bent toward the other row of terminal pins.
An electrical connector termination assembly, comprising:
- a dielectric pin holder;
- and
- a plurality of elongated terminal pins extending through the pin holder in a pattern of at least two rows of pins with the pins in the respective rows being aligned transversely of the rows, each of at least some of the terminal pins defining a longitudinal axis and including an arm at a termination end of the pin offset from the longitudinal axis, the arm being bent to define a termination pad extending transversely of the longitudinal axis, the arms of the terminal pins of the at least two rows of pins being offset from respective ones of the pin longitudinal axes such that all of the termination pads of the pins in the respective rows are offset transversely of the rows, the arms at the termination ends of the terminal pins in one row thereof being offset to one side of the terminal pins longitudinally of the row, the arms at the termination ends of the terminal pins in the other row thereof being offset to an opposite side of the terminal pins longitudinally of the row, and the arms at the termination ends of the terminal pins in both rows thereof being bent in the same direction transversely of the rows.
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