Circuit board edge connector
US4226496A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventor
Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 21, 1978 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 21, 1998 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R12/721
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An edge connector for a circuit board includes a plurality of contact terminals each having a contact head, each contact head having a loop portion. The contact terminals are supported in a cavity in an insulative housing in such relation that the loop portion of the contact head bears against a shoulder portion of the housing. In one form of the connector, the contact terminals are fixedly mounted in a mounting substrate in such an arrangement that the loop portion of the contact heads bias the insulative housing against the substrate to hold the assemblage. In another form of the connector, the substrate may be eliminated, and the contacts include a lower flange portion adapted to bear against lower surface of the housing and an upper tongue portion adapted to bear against an upper shoulder surface of the housing between the tongue portion and the flange portion.
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