Patent ID: 8708741
Filing Date: 2014-04-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector to be mounted on a second, substantially planar substrate, the connector comprising: a housing having a first side wall, and a second bottom wall to be opposed to the second substrate; and at least one connector module including a first, substantially planar, thermally conductive substrate having a main body received by the housing and a projection portion extending from the main body and out of the first side wall of the housing, and at least one thermally conductive terminal on the first substrate extending through the second bottom wall of the housing to contact the second, substantially planar substrate, wherein the first substrate is substantially perpendicular to the second substrate, and wherein a first end of the at least one terminal is arranged on a pad of the second substrate and is soldered on the pad, and the first end of the at least one terminal has a front edge and has a front edge substantially parallel to the second substrate.