Patent ID: 6183283
Filing Date: 2001-02-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A circuit board connector, comprising:a plurality of electrical contact elements, each including a first contact end adapted to be fixedly bonded to a terminal provided on a first circuit board, a second contact end opposed to the first contact end and adapted to be slidingly engaged with a terminal on a second circuit board, and an intermediate section integrally joining the first and second contact ends with each other; andan electro-insulating body mountable on a surface of the first circuit board, including a plurality of partition walls which define grooves therebetween for respectively supporting said electrical contact elements in a mutually isolated manner, a plurality of separate slots aligned respectively to said grooves and a slanted wall surface located beneath said slots whereinthe intermediate section of each of said electrical contact elements is integrally provided with a first projection tightly press-fitted into each of said slots of said electro-insulating body and a second projection abutted onto said slanted wall surface of said electro-insulating body to permit each of said contact elements to be fixedly supported in said electro-insulating body against an angular displacement of each of said contact elements about the first projection,the second projection of the intermediate section of each of said contact elements extends in a same direction as the first projection to securely hold a part of said electro-insulating body in a space defined between the first and second projections, andthe second projection has a tapered shape including a slanted edge confronting the first projection, the slanted edge being slidably abutted onto the surface of said electro-insulating body.