Patent ID: 8562374

Claim:
A harness connector comprising: a header assembly including a header housing extending between a plug end and a mounting end, the header housing includes alignment ribs extending from the mounting end, the header housing holding header contacts, wherein each header contact is stamped into an L-shape to include a pin and a tail extending generally perpendicular to the pin, the stamped header contacts each include first and second sides and shear edges extending between the first and second sides, a shear edge along the tail being configured to be surface mounted to a printed circuit board, the alignment ribs engaging the other shear edge of each tail to align the tails for surface mounting to the printed circuit board; and a plug assembly received in the plug end of the header housing along a plug axis, the plug assembly including a plug housing holding receptacle terminals, the receptacle terminals extending along and receiving the header contacts along terminal axes, the terminal axes being generally parallel to the plug axis, the mating ends being mated with corresponding header contacts, the terminating ends having insulation displacement contacts configured to receive, and be electrically connected to, corresponding wires, the wires received in the insulation displacement contacts along wire axes that are generally perpendicular to the plug axis and the terminal axes, and the wires extending from the insulation displacement contacts along the wire axes.