Electrical terminal
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorChi-Nan Liao
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Abstract
An electrical terminal (20) used with board-mounted connector (2) having a housing comprising (21): a fixing portion, a contacting portion (204) and a soldering portion (202). The fixing portion defines barbs formed along opposite edges thereof for securing the terminal within the housing, the contacting portion (204) extends from on side of the fixing portion and the soldering portion extends away from the other side of the fixing portion. The soldering portion (202) extends obliquely towards a circuit board on which the connector (2) is mounted, the soldering portion having a tip end with a reduced thickness thereof.
Claims5
A board-mounted electrical connector mounted on a circuit board, comprising:
- a housing;
- a plurality of terminals received in said housing, the terminal having a fixing portion, a contacting portion and a soldering portion, the contacting portion and the soldering portion extending from opposite sides of the fixing portion, respectively;
- and
- the soldering portion extending obliquely toward said circuit board and comprising an upper surface, a lower surface disposed on said circuit board and a free end, an angle between the upper surface and the fixing portion being more than 90 degree;
- wherein a space is defined below the free end and adjacent to the lower surface;
- wherein the housing comprises a pair of longitudinal walls, a pair of transverse walls and a longitudinal bottom wall extended between the pair of longitudinal walls and the transverse walls, a receiving cavity surrounded by said pair of longitudinal and transverse walls, and a tongue board extending from the bottom wall of said receiving cavity;
- wherein the pairs of longitudinal walls and the tongue define a plurality of passageways, respectively, and wherein the passageways extend along a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal wall;
- wherein end portions of the contact portions resting against a top surface of the bottom wall.
A board-mounted electrical connector mounted on a circuit board, comprising:
- an insulative housing;
- a plurality of terminals received in said housing, the terminals each having a fixing portion, a contacting portion and a soldering portion, the contacting portion and the soldering portion extending from the fixing portion oppositely, respectively;
- and
- the soldering portion extending with a deflected bottom surface thereof to form a transition line between an outer segment which obliquely outwardly upwardly extends from the transition line, and an inner segment which obliquely inwardly upwardly extends from the transition line;
- wherein said transition line is for use with being seated upon a printed circuit board;
- wherein a thickness of the soldering portion on the outer segment is smaller than that on the inner segment;
- wherein the thickness of the solder in portion on the outer segment is gradually reduced away from said transition line while that on the inner segment is constant;
- wherein the housing comprises a pair of longitudinal walls, a pair of transverse walls and a longitudinal bottom wall extended between the pair of longitudinal walls and the transverse walls, a receiving cavity surrounded by said pair of longitudinal and transverse walls, and a tongue board extending from the bottom wall of said receiving cavity;
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- wherein end portions of the contact portions resting against a top surface of the bottom wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.