Patent ID: 6325649
Filing Date: 2001-12-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A releasable mounting device, comprising:an electronic component having an outer side and terminal contact surfaces disposed on said outer side in at least two rows located one behind the other as seen in a mounting direction; anda terminal part to be releasably mounted to said component in a mounting operation, said terminal part including a basic part and an actuating element;said basic part having contacts assigned to said terminal contact surfaces and disposed in contact rows corresponding to said at least two rows of said terminal contact surfaces, for making electrical contact between said terminal contact surfaces and said contacts during said mounting operation;said component and said terminal part having guides interacting during said mounting operation for guiding a relative movement of said terminal contact surfaces and said contacts into an end position in which said contacts contact said terminal contact surfaces; andsaid actuating element moving said contacts of each of said contact rows away from said outer side of said electronic component, and said actuating element having parts assigned to each of said contact rows for temporarily moving said contact rows away from said outer side of said component one after the other during said mounting operation.