Patent ID: 6457980
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A printed circuit board connector which is mounted on a primary printed circuit board and detachably connected to a mating connector, the printed circuit board connector comprising:a connector housing including a lower housing mounted on the printed circuit board, and an upper housing connected to the lower housing so as to allow shifting movement between the upper and lower housings; at least one long pin-shaped terminal, a base end of the at least one terminal supported by a supporting portion of the lower housing, a tip end of the at least one terminal is supported by a support portion of the upper housing, wherein the at least one terminal is held between the support portions of the upper and lower housings so that a bending deformation of the at least one terminal caused by the shifting movement is allowed; wherein a mating printed circuit board is connected to the upper housing, the mating connector is mounted on the mating printed circuit board to connect the primary printed circuit board and the mating printed circuit board to each other; the at least one long-pin-shaped terminal having a longitudinal axis; and the base end and the tip end are substantially aligned with each other along the longitudinal axis when there is no shifting movement between the lower housing and the upper housing.