Electrical connectors – Preformed panel circuit arrangement – e.g. – pcb – icm – dip,... – Distinct contact secured to panel circuit
Patent
1998-04-15
1999-12-14
Gellner, Michael L.
Electrical connectors
Preformed panel circuit arrangement, e.g., pcb, icm, dip,...
Distinct contact secured to panel circuit
439607, H01R 909
Patent
active
060009543
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides for an apparatus comprising a pin connector, and a method for assembling the pin connector, where the pin connector comprises a unitary insulator and housing, and a plurality of contact holes that extend between a front and back face of the insulator to receive contacts known in the art. The insulator may also contains an intermediate PCB slot that opens from the back face of the insulator and receives a PCB inserted therein. The unitary housing has a front and back end, where the back end receives the insulator from the front face, and the front end contains an open area that accesses the insulator to another connector mated therein. The invention may also incorporate a key element in the intermediate PCB slot that engages a matching notch on an edge of the PCB. The housing and insulator may include aligning fastener holes that receive fasteners shared by the components of the connector. The connector may also include one or more alignment ribs that extend from the back end forward along an interior side of the top segment of the housing. The pin connector may be assembled by inserting contacts into the front face of the insulator and inserting the insulator in the back end of the housing.
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Daly John J.
Medina Raul
Gellner Michael L.
Kovach Karl D.
Methode Electronics Inc.
Newman David L.
Ngandjui Antoine
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