EP0482669A2
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Electrical connector and method of making an electrical connector
Assignee: Whitaker LLC
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Filing: 1991-10-25
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2011-10-25
Abstract
Abstract An electrical connector (30) and a method of making includes a base housing (40) holding contacts (41) on close spacing and a face housing (50) fitted onto the base housing to protect the contacts. The base housing (40) includes an alignment post (46) integrally formed with the contacts as intercoupled by a carrier section (37) to tie the contact position and alignment post position together dimensionally. The alignment post includes a slot (45) receiving a fastener (35) fitted therein with barbs (37) projecting outwardly to latch the post and thereby the base and face housings to a printed circuit board for surface mounting to the traces of the board. <IMAGE>
Inventors
- 👤 Shigeru Ishikawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-01 17:07
CPC Classifications
H; H01; H01R; H01R13/00; H01R13/46; H01R13/502; H01R13/506; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/7005; H01R12/7011; H01R12/7052; H01R12/7064
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
An electrical connector (30) including a base housing (40) having an array of contacts (41) extending therefrom and a face housing (50) adapted to fit onto said base housing with means (48) to cooperatively latch said housings together with a face housing extending over and protecting said contacts, characterized in that at least one alignment post (46) projecting from the said base housing to align the said housing and connector relative to circuits on a printed circuit board or the like with the said posts being formed integrally with the base housing and the base housing being formed around the contacts (41) on the centers of die stamping to provide a commonality of dimensional reference between the alignment post and the said contacts.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
51 words
The connector of claim 1 characterized in that said post (46) includes a slot (45) therein and a fastener (35) inserted in said slot, said fastener including spring legs (36) with barbs (37) projecting from said post to secure said housing and connector to a printed circuit board or the like.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The connector of claim 1 or 2, characterized in that said contacts (41) are comprised of two arrays (42a, 42b) of stamped contacts interdigitated to provide centers in the connector that are half the centers of the contacts as stamped.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
54 words
The connector of claim 1, 2 or 3, characterized in that said contacts (41) include one end (42) projecting from the said base housing (40) to provide an interconnection to a further interconnection and the other end (43) arranged in a common plane for surface mounting to a printed circuit board or the like.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
The connector of claim 1, 2, 3, or 4,characterized in that said base housing (40) and face housing (50) include matable tongues and grooves (48, 54) to cooperatively secure the said housings together.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
102 words
An electrical connector (30) including a plastic housing (40) having an array of contacts (41) mounted therein in a given dimensional position, characterized in that a plastic post (46) is formed integrally with the said housing to position said contacts on a printed circuit board or the like, said post having an opening therein (45) and a sheet metal fastener (35) fitted within said opening defining a resilient fastener including projections (37) resiliently biased to extend out of the profile of said post to engage and latch the connector to a printed circuit board containing holes into which said post is inserted.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
95 words
A method of making an electrical connector characterized by the steps of: forming the desired shape of a plurality of contacts (41) on the constant pitch of contact stamping with the contacts intercoupled by a section (37, 39) at least at one end, insert molding a housing (40) around said contacts on said contact constant pitch to include at least one alignment post (46) extending from said housing integrally formed with said molding, and providing a plurality of discrete contacts (41) by removing the said intercoupling section (37, 39) from the ends of said contacts.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the said forming step includes interdigitating two rows of contacts with each row separately intercoupled (37, 39) at least at one end.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
47 words
The method of claim 7 wherein the said forming step includes providing contacts (41) intercoupled (39) on a contact engaging end and includes the further step of providing a face housing (50) covering said contact engaging ends following the removal of the intercoupling section of the contacts.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
178 words
An electrical connector of the type comprising a base housing (40) having electrical contacts (41) secured therein, the electrical contacts (41) including contact sections (42) extending outwardly from a front surface of the base housing (40) and termination sections (43) extending outwardly from another surface of the base housing (40), a face housing (50) having contact-receiving passageways (52) in which the contact sections (42) are disposed when said housings (40,50) are latchably secured together, and latch means (48,49) provided by said housings (40,50) latching said housings together, characterized in that: said housing (40) has at least one post (46) extending outwardly from a bottom surface thereof for disposition in a hole of a circuit board for aligning the termination sections (43) of said contacts (41) with the respective circuit traces on the circuit board; and said post (46) has a slot (45) in which a fastener (35) is secured, said fastener (35) having resilient legs (36) including projections (37) that engage the wall of the hole of the circuit board thereby maintaining the connector on the circuit board.
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