Patent ID: 6242695
Filing Date: 2001-06-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising:a substantially planar and rectangular insulative base adapted to hold a plurality of elongated two-ended conductive terminals in a parallel spaced array with the axes of the terminals orthogonal to the base and with the first ends of all of the terminals extending outwardly from a first side of the base and the second ends of all of the terminals extending outwardly from a second side of the base; andfour insulative wall segments hingedly secured to the first side of the base and each movable between a first orientation substantially parallel to the first side of the base and a second orientation substantially orthogonal to the first side of the base;wherein when the four wall segments are in their second orientations they form a wall surrounding the first ends of all of the terminals with each wall segment terminating in a respective distal edge which is further from the first side of the base than the first ends of all of the terminals.