Patent ID: 7422447
Filing Date: 2008-09-09
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y02P

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector for mounting on a substrate, comprising: a housing having a surface that faces the substrate when the connector is mounted on the substrate, the surface having a first and a second portion, the first portion being recessed in relation to the second portion, the housing having pocket walls that define a first and a second pocket formed therein, the first and second pockets extending inward from the respective first and second portions of the surface; a first contact and a second contact each having a tail extending into the respective first and second pockets; and a first and a second fusible element attached to the respective first and second tails, wherein the first fusible element is positioned outside of the first pocket so that there is a gap between the first fusible element and the housing surface and the pocket walls, and a portion of the second fusible element is positioned in the second pocket so that the portion of the second fusible element contacts the pocket walls that define the second pocket, wherein ends of the first and the second contacts are substantially coplanar.