Press-fit circuit board connector

A press-fit circuit board connector comprising:

• a housing having a front and a rear, the housing having a front chamber at the front configured to receive a mating connector, the housing having a rear chamber at the rear;
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• a contact assembly received in the rear chamber of the housing, the contact assembly having a contact holder including a plurality of contact channels and contacts received in corresponding contact channels, each contact having a mating terminal and a mounting terminal discrete from the corresponding mating terminal and mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding mating terminal, the mating terminal extending between a front and a rear and having a mating socket at the front extending into the front chamber of the housing for electrical connection with the mating connector, the mounting terminal extending between a front and a rear, the mounting terminal having a connecting pin at the front and having a mounting pin at the rear, the connecting pin of the mounting terminal being compliant and configured for compliant mating with the rear of the mating terminal, the mounting pin of the mounting terminal being compliant and configured for press-fit mechanical and electrical connection to a circuit board, wherein the mounting terminals are arranged in contact sets, the mounting terminals of each contact set being held by a corresponding insulator separate from other contact sets, the insulator of each contact set being coupled to the contact holder, the connecting pins of the mounting terminals extending from the insulator for connection to the corresponding mating terminals and the mounting pins of the mounting terminals extending from the insulator for connection to the circuit board.

A press-fit circuit board connector comprising:

• a housing having a front and a rear, the housing having a front chamber at the front configured to receive a mating connector, the housing having a rear chamber at the rear;
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• a contact assembly received in the rear chamber of the housing, the contact assembly having a contact holder including a plurality of contact channels and contacts received in corresponding contact channels, each contact having a mating terminal and a mounting terminal discrete from the corresponding mating terminal and mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding mating terminal;
• the mating terminal extending between a front and a rear, the front of the mating terminal extending into the front chamber of the housing for electrical connection with the mating connector, the mating terminal having a connecting socket at the rear;
• the mounting terminals being arranged in contact sets, the mounting terminals of each contact set being held by a corresponding insulator separate from other contact sets, the insulator of each contact set being coupled to the contact holder, each mounting terminal extending between a front and a rear, the mounting terminal having a connecting pin at the front extending from the insulator and having a mounting pin at the rear extending from the insulator, the connecting pin of the mounting terminal being compliant and configured for compliant mating with the rear of the mating terminal, the mounting pin of the mounting terminal being compliant and configured for press-fit mechanical and electrical connection to a circuit board.