Patent ID: 7766668
Filing Date: 2010-08-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A thin profile electrical connector assembly for interconnecting conductive members, including circuit boards, in a stacked configuration, comprising: a frame-shaped insulating body member having opposite ends and opposite leg members; a plurality of adjacently disposed and spaced apart connector elements configured on at least one of said leg members; each of said connector elements comprising a lower arm held in said leg member and terminating at a contact tail that extends outward from an outer side of said leg member beyond an outermost edge of the leg member and is essentially flush with a bottom surface of said leg member, and a resilient arm that extends from said lower arm, the resilient arm and the lower arm forming an obtuse angle where the resilient arm extends from the lower arm, wherein the resilient arm extends towards said opposite leg member, said resilient arm terminating in a resilient contact nose that extends above an upper surface of said leg members; and said insulating body defining an open space between said opposite leg members whereby said resilient arms of said connector elements are pressed into said open space upon use of said connector assembly such that said connector assembly has a profile height in use that corresponds essentially to a thickness of said leg members.