Patent ID: 6186832
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An adapter for structurally and electrically connecting with both a flex-terminal receptacle and a barrel-terminal receptacle, comprising:an adapter body having a first end and an opposite second end, wherein said first and second ends are demarcated by a dividing wall;an inlaid pin terminal receptacle located at said first end, said inlaid pin terminal receptacle comprising a single base plane having a plurality of pin slots formed therein, wherein a pin is respectively located in a selected number of said pin slots, each pin forming an inlaid pin terminal at said base plane; anda projecting pin terminal receptacle located at said second end, said projecting pin terminal receptacle comprising a shroud, wherein each said pin projects through said dividing wall and forms within said shroud a freely and straightly projecting pin terminal;wherein each pin is independent of each other pin.