Patent ID: 9742081
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A press-fit circuit board connector comprising: a housing having a mating end and a mounting end opposite the mating end, the housing having a contact holder including a plurality of contact channels; and contacts received in corresponding contact channels, each contact having a mating terminal and a mounting terminal discrete from the corresponding mating terminal and mechanically and electrically connected to the corresponding mating terminal, the mating terminal extending between a front and a rear and having a mating pin at the front, the mounting terminal extending between a front and a rear and having a mounting pin at the rear opposite the mating pin, the mounting terminal includes a connecting pin at the front being compliant and configured for a press-fit mechanical and electrical connection to the rear of the mating terminal, the mating pin being compliant and configured for compliant mating with a corresponding socket contact of a mating connector, the mounting pin being compliant and configured for press-fit mechanical and electrical connection to a circuit board; wherein the mating pins of the contacts are arranged at the mating end to define a pin mating interface having a first pattern and wherein the mounting pins of the contacts are arranged at the mounting end to define a pin mounting interface having a second pattern different than the first pattern.