Patent ID: 6558170
Filing Date: 2003-05-06
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:a housing having a solid portion; a first plurality of elongated contacts in said housing and adapted to be in electrical communication with a first substrate, each of said first plurality of contacts having a first and second end, each first end of said first plurality of contacts extending from the housing solid portion to engage contacts of a mating connector; a second plurality of elongated contacts in said housing and adapted to be coupled to said first substrate, each of said second plurality of contacts having a first and second end, each first end of said second plurality of contacts embedded within said housing solid portion such as to not be capable of engaging contacts of the mating connector, each second end of said first plurality of contacts and each second end of said second plurality of contacts being substantially similarly shaped; a first body of reflowable, electrically conductive material disposed on at least one of said second ends of said first plurality of contacts, said first body being adapted to provide an electrical path between said connector and said first substrate; and a second body of reflowable material disposed on a first end of at least one of said second ends of said second plurality of contacts, said second body being adapted to provide relief for mechanical strain between said connector and said first substrate.