Patent ID: 6805587
Filing Date: 2004-10-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A board-to-board connector for connecting circuits on a first circuit board to a mating connector mounted to a second circuit board comprising:a connector body; a plurality of conductive terminals arranged in distinct sets, each of the terminals including terminal contact portions for mating with terminals of the mating connector, the terminal contact portions being disposed along a first face of said connector body, and terminal body portions for supporting said terminals on said connector body, the terminal contact portions projecting axially away from said connector body first face, said terminals further including distinct flexing portions disposed between said terminal contact portions and said connector body first face, the flexing portions enabling movement of said terminal sets during mating engagement with said mating connector; and, a plurality of discrete dielectric spacer elements interposed between selected adjacent terminal sets, the spacer elements extending crosswise to said terminal contact portions, single spacer elements being operatively connected to single terminal sets such that said spacer elements move in unison with their connected terminal set.