Patent ID: 6276968
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
An electrical connector for receiving a component package having a plurality of first conductive elements and at least one electrical device electrically coupled to the first conductive elements, the electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing having an interior;an insulative insert having a forward portion and a rear portion, the rear portion defining a recess for receiving the component package therein, the insert being mounted within the interior of the housing;a plurality of first contacts mounted to the forward portion of the insert for electrically contacting conductors in a mating connector inserted into the electrical connector, each first contact extending from the forward portion of the insert to the recess and terminating at a termination in communication with the recess, the termination of each first contact for electrically contacting a corresponding first conductive element of the component package as received in the recess, the terminations of the plurality of first contacts in combination for releasably securing the component package as received in the recess wherein said recess at least in part is sandwiched by the respective said terminations.