Patent ID: 6979217
Filing Date: 2005-12-27
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: a substrate having first and second surfaces, and formed with a plurality of mounting holes extending from said first surface to said second surface; a plurality of terminal pieces, each of which is mounted in a respective one of said mounting holes in said substrate and has a connecting end portion exposed from the respective one of said mounting holes at said second surface of said substrate, a contact end portion opposite to said connecting end portion and exposed from the respective one of said mounting holes at said first surface of said substrate, and an intermediate portion having a first part connected to said connecting end portion, and a second part connected to said contact end portion and extending outwardly of the respective one of said mounting holes at said first surface of said substrate; a protecting block disposed adjacent to said first surface of said substrate, and formed with a plurality of through holes, each of which permits extension of a respective one of said terminal pieces therethrough, said protecting block being operable so as to move from a first position, where said contact end portion of each of said terminal pieces is received in the respective one of said through holes in said protecting block, to a second position, where said contact end portion and said second part of said intermediate portion of each of said terminal pieces are disposed outwardly of the respective one of said through holes and are exposed from said protecting block; and a biasing unit for biasing said protecting block to the first position.