Patent ID: 9231321
Filing Date: 2016-01-05
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. A connector comprising: a first housing having a plurality of contacts exposed at a front side for mating with corresponding contacts of an electronic component, the contacts having terminals emerging from a back side of the housing, the terminals bent approximately 90-degrees to have a substantially upright terminal portion in a substantially upright position; a plurality of conductors formed separately from the contacts and terminals and having first ends in a substantially upright position, the first ends of the conductors contacting the substantially upright terminal portions of the contacts, the plurality of conductors extending downward away from the first ends of the conductors and then curved over a first length to form approximately a 90-degree turn; and an overmold around the terminals, the first ends of the plurality of conductors, and the first length of the plurality of conductors.