Framatome Connectors International

Alain Gillet

Pascal M Ribeau

Thierry Quillet

Christophe F Dehan

Roger Sureau

Christian Tabareau

Olivier Gaumont

Hubert Le Goff

An input/output connector for a portable communication device, wherein the input/output connector is to be surface mounted on a printed circuit board. The input/output connector comprises an insulating housing, contacts and means for shaping the contacts. The insulating housing has two positioning dogs fixed to lateral parts of the insulating housing. The two positioning dogs are to be soldered to the printed circuit board when the input/output connector is mounted thereto. The contacts are also to be soldered to the printed circuit board when the input/output connector is surfaced mounted to the printed circuit board. The means for shaping the contacts are received and mounted rigidly on a specified reference surface of the insulating housing. The means for shaping the contacts constrain and wedge the contacts relative to the reference surface of the insulating housing so that each of the contacts is contained in a common plane of reference for the coflatness of the contacts.

Input/output connector for portable communication device and process for

An input/output connector for a portable communication device, wherein the input/output connector is intended to be surface mounted on a printed circuit board. The input/output connector comprises an insulating housing, contacts, and elastic means for holding the contacts. The insulating housing has two positioning dogs fixed to lateral parts of the insulating housing, wherein the two positioning dogs are to be soldered to the printed circuit board when the input/output connector is mounted thereto. The contacts are also to be soldered to the printed circuit board when the input/output connector is surface mounted to the printed circuit board. When the input/output connector is placed on the printed circuit board for surface mounting thereto, the elastic means hold the contacts pressed on the printed circuit board so that, the surface soldering of each contact to the printed circuit board is contained in a common reference plane for the coflatness of the said contacts. The housing has a rear part (7) with a reservoir for receiving an insulating compound (8).

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Yvre-L'Eveque, France

Alain Gillet