Patent ID: 8292639
Filing Date: 2012-10-23
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A control module comprising: a module housing having opposing first and second sides and a bay opening therethrough; a connector extending through the bay and mounted to the module housing, the connector including a housing having a printed circuit board side and a mating side and a core on the printed circuit board side of the housing, the core including passages having opposing first and second openings, the first opening positioned at the printed circuit board side of the housing and the second opening positioned at the mating side of the housing; and a plurality of conductive terminals, each conductive terminal extending through one of the passages and having a compliant pin portion at one end of the conductive terminal for insertion in a hole in a printed circuit board and a contact portion at an opposite end of the conductive terminal for insertion in an opening in a complementary connector, the compliant pin portion extending out from the first opening and towards the printed circuit board side and the contact portion extending out from the second opening and towards the mating side of the connector housing wherein said first side of said module housing includes a printed circuit board support for accepting a printed circuit board thereon and said second side of said module housing includes at least one pad as a reference point for positioning the connector such that compliant pin portions are positioned to enter holes in the printed circuit board and an elongated opening of each compliant pin portion is centered within said respective holes of said printed circuit board.