Electrical connector for broadside coupled or edge coupled mating with mating connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
InventorFeng Pan
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Abstract
An electrical connector (100) includes a housing (1) and a number of contacts (2) mounted on the housing. The housing includes a mounting portion (11), and a receiving room (10) on one side of the mounting portion. Each of the contacts (2) includes a body portion (21) mounted on the mounting portion, and a mating portion (22) extending form the body portion and projecting into the receiving room. The mounting portion includes a number of mounting slot (14) each including a first slot (15) and a second slot (16) crossed with the first slot. The contacts are selectively mounted on either the first slots or the second slots.
Claims11
An electrical connector comprising:
- a housing comprising a mounting portion and a receiving room on one side of the mounting portion, the mounting portion comprising a plurality of mounting slots each comprising a first slot and a second slot crossed with the first slot;
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- a plurality of contacts each comprising a body portion mounted on the mounting portion, and a mating portion extending form the body portion and projecting into the receiving room, the contacts being selectively mounted on either the first slots or the second slots.
An electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a mounting portion with a receiving room above the mounting portion;
- a plurality of mounting slots extending through the mounting portion, each of said mounting slots defines a cross-like cross-section;
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- a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding mounting slots, respectively, each of said contact defining a planar body portion retained in the corresponding mounting slot, and a mating portion extending upwardly from the body portion into the receiving room;
- wherein
- the body portion is selectively orientated in the corresponding mounting slot in either first or second directions perpendicular to each other.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.