Patent ID: 6045371
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A connector for the electrical connection of circuit boards comprising:a first and a second housing unit,the first housing unit, including:a first bottom portion and a second bottom portion, aligned parallel to the surface of a first board, from which arms of a plurality of first connector pins are exposed for electrical connection to a plurality of electrodes on the first board, a first recessed portion, along at least one side wall of which the other arms of the first connector pins are exposed at a side opposite the first bottom portion, anda second projecting portion, along at least one side wall of which the other arms of said first connector pins are exposed, at a side opposite the second bottom portion; andthe second housing unit, including:a third bottom portion and a fourth bottom portion, aligned parallel to the surface of a second board, from which arms of a plurality of second connector pins are exposed for electrical connection to a plurality of electrodes on the second board,a first projecting portion, along at least one side wall of which the other arms of the second connector pins are exposed, at a side opposite the third bottom portion, anda second recessed portion, along at least one side wall of which the other arms of the second connector pins are exposed, at a side opposite the fourth bottom portion;wherein the first recessed portion and the second projecting portion of the first housing unit engage the first projecting portion and the second recessed portion of the second housing unit, so that the arms of the first connector pins are electrically connected to the arms of the corresponding second connector pins, and wherein a height to the top surface of the first recessed portion is shorter than a height to the top surface of the second projecting portion, and a height to the top surface of the first projecting portion, which engages the first recessed portion, is greater than a height to the top surface of the second recessed portion, which engages the second projecting portion.