Patent ID: 6358094
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A connector for connecting a first circuit board to a second circuit board, comprising:a first electrical contact having a first vertical body, a first mating portion horizontally extending from a bottom edge of a first L-shaped bend connected a top portion of the first body and a second mating portion laterally extending from a top edge of a second L-shaped bend connected a bottom portion of the first body and substantially parallel to the first mating portion, the first and second mating portions disposed on opposite sides of the first body; and a second electrical contact having a second vertical body, a third mating portion horizontally extending from a top edge of a third L-shaped bend connected to bottom portion of the second body and a fourth mating portion laterally extending from an edge of a fourth L-shaped bend connected to the second body and substantially parallel to to the third mating portion, the third and fourth mating portions disposed on opposite sides of the second body, and the first and third mating portions horizontally offset from each other in a direction of an insertion of one of the first circuit board and the second circuit board, wherein the first and second circuit boards are parallel to each other.