Patent ID: 6951488

Claim:
An electrical connector for mounting on a printed circuit board, comprising: a dielectric housing having a board mounting face and a mating face generally perpendicular to the board mounting face, a plurality of terminal-receiving passages and at least one insert groove located between a pair of said terminal-receiving passages; a plurality of terminals inserted into said terminal-receiving passages, each terminal including a contact end projecting from the mating face of the housing for engagement with a contact of a complementary connecting device, a generally flat terminating end exposed at the board mounting face of the housing generally parallel thereto for soldering to an appropriate circuit trace on the printed circuit board, and a mounting portion between said ends for mounting the terminal in a respective one of said passages, the generally flat terminating end of at least one of said terminals being bent at an angle to said mounting portion thereof, and including a spring portion bent back over the mounting portion, with the contact end bent back over the spring portion, whereby the mounting portion, the spring portion and the contact end form a generally S-shaped configuration of the terminal; and at least one reinforcing member having a body portion for mounting the member in said insert groove, and a generally flat fixing portion exposed at the board mounting face of the housing generally coplanar with the generally flat terminating ends of the terminals for soldering to an appropriate mounting pad on the printed circuit board.