Patent ID: 7513781
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: A61M,H01R,H05B

Abstract:
1. An improved connector assembly, the assembly comprising: an insulative, rectangular frame, the frame including a pair of lengthwise side walls that are interconnected together by widthwise end walls, the side walls and end walls cooperatively defining a central opening of the frame, said frame includes a plurality of cavities; a plurality of conductive terminals supported by said frame, the terminals being spaced apart from each other in an array that runs lengthwise in each of said two sidewalls, said terminals being aligned with each other in pairs in said two sidewalls across the frame opening, said terminals including tail and contact portions disposed at opposite ends thereof, the terminal tail portions including compliant pin tail portions for receipt by corresponding holes in a circuit board and the terminal contact portions including bends extending outwardly; and, a plurality of conductive strips extending across the frame opening and interconnecting the pairs of terminals together, said conductive strips being held together as a group by a pair of carrier members, free ends of individual conductive strips being held in position by the carrier members, said carrier members including individual body portions, each of which retains a conductive strip free end and a terminal, each carrier member body portion and a terminal being received in a single frame cavity.