Adaptable electrical connector
AssigneeAdvanced Connectek Inc.
InventorPin-Yuan Hou
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Abstract
An adaptable electrical connector is disclosed that includes a parallelepiped insulative seat including a front end, a rear end, a bottom, a top, and a plurality of lengthwise parallel grooves through the bottom, the groove being open to the front end, the rear end, and the bottom respectively; and a plurality of cylindrical conductors each including a rear cylindrical section; wherein the conductors are fastened in the grooves with the rear cylindrical sections exposed. The invention can decrease height and is adapted to mount on a PCB in either a first orientation or a second orientation perpendicular to the first orientation.
Claims5
An adaptable electrical connector comprising:
- a parallelepiped insulative seat (1) including a front end (12), a rear end (13), a bottom (15), a top (16), and a plurality of lengthwise parallel grooves (14) through the bottom (15), the groove (14) being open to the front end (12), the rear end (13), and the bottom (15) respectively;
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- a plurality of cylindrical conductors (2) each including a rear cylindrical section (23);
- wherein the conductors (2) are fastened in the grooves (14) with the rear cylindrical sections (23) exposed,
- wherein the conductor (2) further comprises a rear end (24) formed on the rear cylindrical section (23) and projected from the rear end (13), and wherein the rear end (24) and the rear cylindrical section (23) are adapted to electrically connect to the PCB (4) in either a first orientation or a second orientation perpendicular to the first orientation.
An adaptable electrical connector comprising:
- a parallelepiped insulative seat (1) including a front end (12), a rear end (13), a bottom (15), a top (16), and a plurality of lengthwise parallel grooves (14) through the bottom (15), the groove (14) being open to the front end (12), the rear end (13), and the bottom (15) respectively;
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- a plurality of cylindrical conductors (2) each including a rear cylindrical section (23) and a round front section projected from the front end (12);
- wherein the conductors (2) are fastened in the grooves (14) with the rear cylindrical sections (23) exposed,
- wherein the groove (14) comprises an intermediate fastening member (17) including two opposite latches (171) on its opening to the bottom (15), and wherein the conductor (2) further comprises an intermediate recessed section (22) being fastened by the latches (171).
An adaptable electrical connector comprising:
- a parallelepiped insulative seat (1) including a front end (12), a rear end (13), a bottom (15), a top (16), and a plurality of lengthwise parallel grooves (14) through the bottom (15), the groove (14) being open to the front end (12), the rear end (13), and the bottom (15) respectively;
- and
- a plurality of cylindrical conductors (2) each including a rear cylindrical section (23);
- wherein the conductors (2) are fastened in the grooves (14) with the rear cylindrical sections (23) exposed,
- wherein the rear cylindrical section (23) is projected from the seat (1) and is electrically connected to a PCB (4).
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.