Patent ID: 7204699

Claim:
An electrical connector capable of being mounted on a substrate, comprising: at least two wafers; a housing having at least two depressions formed therein proximate respective corners of the housing for receiving respective ones of the wafers, the wafers being movable in relation to the housing when the wafers are positioned in the depressions; a first plurality of contacts extending through the housing; a first plurality of fusible elements mounted on respective ends of the first plurality of contacts for securing the first plurality of contacts to the housing and the substrate so that each of the first plurality of contacts is fixed in relation to the housing when the electrical connector is mounted on the substrate; and a second plurality of contacts each extending through the housing and an associated one of the wafers; a second plurality of fusible elements mounted on respective ends of the second plurality of contacts for securing the second plurality of contacts to the wafers and the substrate so that a tail of each of the second plurality of contacts is fixed in relation to the associated wafer when the electrical connector is mounted on the substrate, wherein the second plurality of fusible elements can move with respect to the housing, a clearance exists between each of the wafers and a periphery of the associated depression; the second plurality of fusible elements are mounted on an end of the second plurality of contacts so that one side of each of the wafers faces the second plurality of fusible elements and an opposite side of each of the wafers faces the housing, and the first plurality of contacts extends through the housing only.