Electrical connectors – Coupling part including flexing insulation – Storage strip for a plurality of coupling parts
Patent
1998-01-21
2000-03-28
Abrams, Neil
Electrical connectors
Coupling part including flexing insulation
Storage strip for a plurality of coupling parts
439 78, H01R 1340
Patent
active
060424230
ABSTRACT:
A header assembly (10) having an array of posts (12,14) extending through plastic bodies (16,18) with end portions extending beyond opposed header faces for connection with circuits of a pair of parallel, spaced circuit boards. Adapters (40) are securable at ends (32,34) of the assembly that self-secure to end posts (12) and include alignment posts (50) along one face (26), such that after the header assembly has been mounted onto a first circuit board, the alignment posts provide for blindmate alignment with a connector of the second circuit board (or directly with the second circuit board) for board-to-board interconnection.
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Larkin, Jr. John Thomas
McQuilkin Murr Keith
Abrams Neil
Patel T C
The Whitaker Corporation
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