Patent ID: 6494734
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A plurality of substantially identical header modules capable of interacting with each other to form a header for mating with a receptacle, each substantially identical header module comprising:a body having a substrate face for being mounted to a circuit substrate and an opposing mating face for being coupled to a mating connector thereat, the body defining at least one notch that extends thereinto and that extends from the substrate face substantially to the mating face; at least one guide pin extending from said insulative body at the substrate face thereof in a direction substantially normal thereto; and a plurality of conductive pins passing through said insulative body in a direction substantially parallel to the guide pin, each of said conductive pins having a mating portion for engaging a contact on the mating connector and a tail for mounting the header module to the circuit substrate, wherein said guide pin of each substantially identical header module is adapted to engage a notch of an adjacent one of the substantially identical header modules and said notch of each substantially identical header module is adapted to receive a guide pin of an adjacent one of the substantially identical header modules, whereby adjacent ones of the substantially identical header modules may be mated to one another in a substantially seamless manner to at least partially form the header.