Patent ID: 7749009
Filing Date: 2010-07-06
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: a housing including a body, the body defining a first column of apertures extending therethrough, and a second column of apertures extending therethrough, in substantially the same direction as the first column of apertures, wherein (i) an electrical contact is mounted in each aperture of the first column of apertures, (ii) each aperture of the second column of apertures is a heat-transfer aperture for facilitating circulation of air through the body, and each aperture of the second column of apertures does not contain an electrical contact, (iii) a first aperture of the first column of apertures is spaced apart from an adjacent aperture of the first column of apertures by a first distance, (iv) a first aperture of the second column of apertures is spaced apart from an adjacent aperture of the second column of apertures by a second distance, and (v) the second distance is greater than the first distance.