Board-in type contact-connectors

Claim 1

A board-in type contact-connector comprising: an insulating housing means including a plurality of recess means; a pluarlity of contacts adapted to be separately received in the recess means of said insulating housing means, each of said contacts including a bottom plate, a beak portion defining a first end of the contact adapted to be received in a printed circuit board, said beak portion projecting from the bottom plate through a raised portion whereby said beak portion is disposed in a longitudinally extending plane spaced from a longitudinally extending plane of the bottom plate, spaced sidewalls provided on respective sides of the bottom plate in an area of the raised portion, and wire connecting means for connecting a wire to the contact including a first pair of oppositely disposed spaced contacting strap means respectively provided on said sidewalls at a position axially spaced from said raised portion for defining a first wire-receiving slot, a second pair of oppositely disposed spaced connecting strap means disposed on said bottom plate for defining a second end of the contact and a second wire receiving slot aligned with said first wire receiving slot, and a pair of oppositely disposed spaced tab means provided on respective sides of said bottom plate interposed between and axially spaced from said first and second paris of connecting strap means, said tab means being adapted to be crimped so as to crimp the wire received in the first and second wire-receiving slots, and wherein means are provided on said tab means for preventing an application of a mechanical load on the wire thereby insuring a firm connection between the wire and the contact.