Patent ID: 6200146
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y10S

Abstract:
A right angle electrical connector for mounting on a circuit board, comprising:an insulative body having a front mating face and a rear face and having a lower portion;said body containing a plurality of contact passages extending from said front face to said rear face;a plurality of contacts mounted in said passages, each of said contacts having a forward mating end adjacent to said front face and a rear end adjacent to said rear face;said passages having rear passage portions with conductive coating therein that are each engaged by the rear end of one of said contacts;a substantially flat insulative plate portion extending rearwardly from the lower portion of said body and generally perpendicular to said front face, said plate portion having a lower surface for mounting on said printed circuit board;a plurality of projections extending downwardly from said lower surface of said plate portion, said projections formed of insulative material and having conductive layers thereon; andconductive traces on said body extending from said conducive coatings in said passages, over said plate portion to said conductive layers on said projections to thereby provide electrical paths from said contacts to said projections.