Patent ID: 7309243

Claim:
A board mounted electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a rear wall for receiving contacts in a plurality of rows; the contacts each having a contact portion for contacting another connector and a leg portion that protrudes outwardly from the rear wall of the insulative housing to be connected to a circuit board; each of the leg portions having an extending portion that extends from the rear wall, a bent portion formed continuously with the extending portion, and a linear portion that extends from the bent portion toward the circuit board substantially perpendicular thereto to be inserted through apertures in the circuit board and connected thereto, at least the contacts arranged in one of the plurality of rows which is closest to the circuit board extending from the rear wall of the insulative housing in a direction away from the circuit board up to the bent portions; and each of the leg portions being partially tin plated, including plating at least part of the linear portion but not the bent portion, such that the generation of whiskers caused by internal stress on the leg portions is prevented.