Patent ID: 6247940
Filing Date: 2001-06-19
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
In an electrical connector for edge connecting a printed circuit board having a plurality of printed circuit paths and the electrical connector having an insulating molding and a plurality of conductive pins extending from a front surface of the molding with the front surface of the electrical connector being opposite a back surface, each pin having a base extending partly out of the front surface of the molding and a leg narrower than the base extending from the base, away from the front surface and making electrical contact with one of the plurality of printed circuit paths on the connected printed circuit board the improvement comprising:the front surface of the molding being flat; andthe base tapering to the leg along an entire length thereof between the leg and the front surface of the molding;a free-air distance between adjacent bases of the plurality of pins a high-voltage surge rating between the adjacent bases of the plurality of pins becoming greater as a distance from the front surface along the entire length increases such that the greater free-air distance between adjacent bases provides.