Board mounted side-entry electrical connector

A side-entry, blade-receiving electrical connector (14) is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing (16) having a bottom wall (16b) and a blade-receiving receptacle (18) at a side of the housing. At least one conductive terminal (24) is mounted on...

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Main Author BOGIEL STEPHEN B.,OWSLEY ROBERT A.,PATEL ARVIND
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 23.05.2007
Subjects
BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
CURRENT COLLECTORS
ELECTRICITY
LINE CONNECTORS
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Summary:A side-entry, blade-receiving electrical connector (14) is provided for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing (16) having a bottom wall (16b) and a blade-receiving receptacle (18) at a side of the housing. At least one conductive terminal (24) is mounted on the housing and includes a contact section (26) exposed within the receptacle for electrically engaging a terminal blade of a complementary mating connecting device inserted into the side receptacle generally parallel to the printed circuit board. A mounting section (28) is exposed exteriorly of the housing below the bottom wall thereof for mounting the connector on the printed circuit board. A flex section joins (30) the mounting section to the contact section and performs a dual function of (a) spacing the bottom wall of the housing above the printed circuit board and (b) providing a yielding flexibility between the connector and the board.
Bibliography:Application Number: CN200580019638