Patent ID: 6036507
Filing Date: 2000-03-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:a printed circuit board having a planar surface, a front portion having a front edge between a pair of rearwardly extending side edges, conductive pads on the planar surface and proximate to the front edge, and holes in the planar surface and proximate to the side edges; anda single piece, integral C-shaped electrical connector having an insulating housing that includes an elongated central portion between a pair of rearwardly extending opposing channel shaped legs, wherein the central portion includes transverse through bores each carrying an electrical contact therein, the electrical contacts each have a front portion adapted to receive a complementary contact of a mating connector and a tail portion rearwardly extending out of the housing connected to a unique one of the pads, the legs each receive the front portion and portions of the side edges, the legs each include upper and lower side walls spaced apart by an integral base portion that sandwich a portion of one of the side edges therebetween, one of the side walls of each of the legs is separated from the base portion by a longitudinal slit such that the one of the side walls provided a cantelevered supported flex beam resiliently biased towards the other side wall of the leg, the flex beam includes a locating pin protruding from a surface thereof facing the other side wall of the leg, and the locating pins engage the holes and relieve strain between the tail portions and the corresponding pads.