Patent ID: 7645146

Claim:
The circuit board connector extension configured to attach to a circuit board comprising a plastic body having two overlapping sections; and first and second groups of contacts coupled to the plastic body, each having a connecting end to contact conductor tracks on the circuit board and a plug-in end to couple with a connector piece, wherein the connecting ends of the two groups of contacts are arranged on one side of the plastic body and the plug-in end of the first group and the plug-in end of the second group are arranged on opposite sides of the body, wherein the two sections of the plastic body overlap such that the plug-in end of the connector extension is situated in the same plane as the circuit board, and such that each of the two groups of contacts are guided from the first section to the second section by a transition portion which is bent approximately at right angles, wherein the body between the first and second groups of contacts is provided with a group of punched openings which allow the contacts of each of the first and second groups of contacts to be blanked.