Patent ID: 6582252
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for terminating a cable with very stiff wires, and for mating with a complementary connector, comprising:a front shell for coupling with a mating end of the complementary connector; a plurality of electrical terminals fixed within the front shell, each having a mating end and a mounting end, the mating end being exposed for mating with complementary contacts of the complementary connector; and a printed circuit board forming a polygon with more than four angles and having a first edge and a second edge, the first and second edges being oriented at a designated, non-zero angle relative to each other, the printed circuit board being electrically connected with the mounting ends of the electrical terminals along its first edge, conductors in the wires of the cable being electrically connected with the printed circuit board along its second edge, and traces within the printed circuit board electrically connecting electrical terminals with corresponding conductors in the wires in the cable.