Patent ID: 6015316
Filing Date: 2000-01-18
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector for mounting onto a circuit board comprising:a dielectric housing having press-fitting cavities;electrical contacts having press-fitting sections which are press fitted along a longitudinal axis of each of the contacts into the press-fitting cavities and tine sections for soldered connection to the circuit board; andrecess portions located in surfaces of the press-fitting sections and protruding portions extending outwardly from the surfaces of the press-fitting sections so that when the tine sections are soldered to the circuit board, the housing material in the press-fitting sections will flow into the recess portions and adjacent the protruding portions so as to correspond to the shape of the recess portions and protruding portions, wherein the recess portions are shaped so as to hold and surround a portion of the housing material which has flowed into the recess portions in order to provide a suitable contact retaining force for each of the contacts along a range of axes ranging between the longitudinal axis and a second axis which is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis thereby securely retaining the contacts in the housing.