Molex Corporation

Eric Scharping

Kirk B Peloza

Michael J Rowlands

Daniel Tillotson

Adam Stanczak

Jeanine Madison

Emanuel G Banakis

Hazelton P Avery

A connector includes a housing with a plurality of electrically conductive terminals therein. Some terminals may include a terminal support projection that engages the housing to maintain the position of a contact section of the terminals relative to the housing. Others terminals may have a tool engaging shoulder configured to be engaged by a tool to force press-fit tails of all of the terminals into a circuit member. The housing may include a locking structure for certain the terminals that permits the terminals to be inserted into the housing with little or no force and then securely lock the terminals in the housing. One or more ground plates may be included for electrically connecting a plurality of the terminals. The ground plates may have resilient tabs that contact at least some of the terminals and the tabs may be thinner than a body portion of the ground plate.

Electrical connector

A connector includes a housing with a plurality of electrically conductive terminals therein. Some terminals may include a terminal support projection that engages the housing to maintain the position of a contact section of the terminals relative to the housing. Other terminals may have a tool engaging shoulder configured to be engaged by a tool to force press-fit tails of all of the terminals into a circuit member. The housing may include a locking structure for certain the terminals that permits the terminals to be inserted into the housing with little or no force and then securely lock the terminals in the housing. One or more ground plates may be included for electrically connecting a plurality of the terminals. The ground plates may have resilient tabs that contact at least some of the terminals and the tabs may be thinner than a body portion of the ground plate.

A system is provided for mounting a plurality of electrical connectors to a printed circuit board in a stacked array. At least a pair of electrical connectors include at least a top connector and a bottom connector adapted for mating with a pair of complementary mating connectors. At least one dual-function ESD frame member mounts the top connector to the printed circuit board above the bottom connector. The frame member also is conductive for grounding to the printed circuit board and includes an integral ESD portion for engaging an appropriate ground portion of a respective one of the mating connectors mateable with the top connector.

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Naperville, IL, United States of America

Eric Scharping