Patent ID: 6113396
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:an insulative housing having a mating face for abutting an end edge of a printed circuit board and a plurality of passageways extending from the mating face to a rear face opposite the mating face; anda plurality of conductive terminals each received in a corresponding passageway, said terminals each having a contact section, a securing section and a joint section, the securing sections being received in corresponding passageways, the joint sections extending out of the rear face opposite the mating face for electrically connecting with a mating electrical card, and the contact sections extending out of the mating face, said contact sections of said conductive terminals being arranged into at least an upper row and a lower row for clippingly engaging two opposite faces of a printed circuit board therebetween, each contact section having a contact crook, the contact crooks of two adjacent contact sections of each row being spaced a different distance from the mating face of the insulative housing.