Heating element connector assembly with press-fit terminals

An improved connector assembly, the assembly comprising:

• an insulative, rectangular frame, the frame including a pair of lengthwise side walls that are interconnected together by widthwise end walls, the side walls and end walls cooperatively defining a central opening of the frame;
• a plurality of conductive terminals supported by said frame, the terminals being spaced apart from each other in an array that runs lengthwise in each of said two sidewalls, said terminals being aligned with each other in pairs in said two sidewalls across the frame opening, each of said terminals including a body portion interconnecting tail and contact portions disposed at opposite ends of the body portion, the body portion being wider than either of the tail portion or the contact portion, the terminal tail portions including compliant pin tail portions for receipt by corresponding holes in a circuit board and the terminal contact portions including deformable lugs extending upwardly above a level of said frame sidewalls, the terminal contact portion deformable lugs including a center notch between said lugs;
• and,
• a plurality of conductive strips extending across the frame opening and interconnecting pairs of terminals together.