Patent ID: 8790133
Filing Date: 2014-07-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A header connector comprising: a housing configured to be mounted to a circuit board; header contacts held by the housing, the header contacts having mating portions and mounting portions, the mounting portions being configured to be surface mounted to corresponding pads on the circuit board; and a spring clip coupled to the housing, the spring clip having a spring finger extending through the circuit board to engage a bottom side of the circuit board opposite the mounting surface of the circuit board, the spring clip pulling the housing and header contacts toward the mounting surface, the spring clip including a surface mounting tab, the surface mounting tab defining a mounting plane and being configured to engage the mounting surface of the circuit board; wherein the mounting portions of the header contacts are positioned below the mounting plane prior to mounting to the circuit board, and wherein the mounting portions of the header contacts are preloaded against the circuit board when the surface mounting tab is mounted to the circuit board, the mounting portions of the header contacts being coplanar with the surface mounting tab along the mounting plane when the surface mounting tab is mounted to the circuit board.