Patent ID: 6042423
Filing Date: 2000-03-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An unshrouded header assembly comprising:a header subassembly having an array of elongate posts secured to a pair of transverse spaced-apart plastic bodies, said posts having opposed end portions extending beyond respective said plastic bodies and defining opposing first and second connection faces, with end posts located at opposed header ends; andan adapter at and along each said header end, each said adapter including a body section having first and second ends with an alignment post extending from said second end thereof, said body section including fastening projections proximate said first and second ends, said fastening projections extending toward said header subassembly and being self-securable to said end posts at a respective said header end upon assembly in a direction transverse to said end posts and immediately adjacent said plastic bodies,whereby said adapters provide for alignment with a mating connector along said second connection face.