Patent ID: 6132258
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly, whose purpose is to join two nearly parallel printed circuit boards, consisting of two complementary connector halves that are secured to opposing surfaces of said printed circuit boards by board mounts secured within cavities of housings of said connector halves, said board mounts of one said connector half have contact tabs and said board mounts of the other said connector half have spring arm contact sections that engage with said contact tabs of said one half when said connector halves are mated, characterized in that:said cavities have portions that extend through the housings, with said tabs and said spring arm contact sections disposed in respective said through cavity portions, andsaid spring arm contact sections are arranged in such a manner that they can deflect inside said through cavities inside said housings, andwherein each said through cavity portion containing a said spring arm contact section includes a support surface engageable therewith during connector mating to prevent plastic deformation of said spring arm contact section.