Patent ID: 7300317

Claim:
A male header connector device comprising: a plurality of terminals of varying heights extending upwards from a surface of a circuit board, such that at least one of the terminals extends upwards in a substantially perpendicular direction relative to the surface of the circuit board; and a connector housing defining a receptacle portion, the connector housing including an asymmetrical surface adapted to receive the plurality of terminals, wherein each of the plurality of terminals extends through a portion of the asymmetrical surface into the receptacle portion of the connector housing, and at least one of the terminals is curved toward the asymmetrical surface before contact with the asymmetrical surface, such that the at least one of the terminals is oriented substantially parallel to the surface of the circuit board at the point at which the at least one terminal first comes into contact with the asymmetrical surface; and wherein at least a portion of the asymmetrical surface of the connector housing protrudes over at least a portion of at least one of the terminals extending between the circuit board and the asymmetrical surface.