Connector assembly for printed circuit boards
US5429521A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 1, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jul 4, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 1, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R13/6582
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A connector assembly for printed circuit boards comprises a first and a second connector part. The first connector part has a first housing of insulating material and having a bottom and two opposite side walls and with male contact elements mounted in the bottom of the housing and arranged in rows and columns and having portions projecting from the bottom of the housing adapted to be inserted into holes of the corresponding printed circuit board. The second connector part has a second housing of insulating material adapted to be inserted into the first housing with an insertion side and with female contact elements mounted in the housing and arranged in a corresponding manner in rows and columns and having portions projecting from a lower side of the housing and adapted to be inserted into openings of the corresponding printed circuit board. A third housing is provided substantially corresponding with the first housing and adapted to be fixed with its bottom on the male contact elements of teh first connector part after mounting said first connector part on the corresponding printed circuit board. In the second housing at least one ground contact plate unit with a cross-shaped cro…
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