Patent ID: 7621779

Claim:
A header connector for providing a pin field on a circuit board, comprising: a cover member, the cover member having pairs of opposing end walls and side walls that cooperatively define a hollow interior portion, said cover member including a plurality of terminal mating openings disposed therein; a plurality of terminal assemblies disposed in the hollow interior portion, each terminal assembly supporting a plurality of conductive terminals extending in two, spaced apart rows between the cover member end walls, each of said terminals including a contact end and a tail end interconnected together by a body portion, the terminals of each of said rows being aligned broadside with each other in pairs of terminals, said terminals of each pair being spaced apart from each other by intervening air channels; and, the terminal mating openings of said cover member including pairs of slots that receive said terminal contact portions therein, the pairs of slots being interconnected by intervening openings that open to said air channels separating said pairs of terminals.