Molex Corporation

George M Simmel

Hiroshi Ikesugi

Daniel A Dixon

Yuen P Wong

Wee Peng Tay

Hee C Chan

Khee T Yeo

Wee C Lee

A low profile electrical connector assembly includes plug and receptacle connectors having mating dielectric housings each mounting a plurality of terminals which include contact portions for interengagement with the contact portions of the terminals of the other connector. The terminals include mounting portions for surface connection to circuit traces on a pair of printed circuit boards. The receptacle terminals are generally U-shaped as defined by a first leg that is joined to the respective mounting portion of the terminal and a free spring contact leg that is engageable with the contact portion of one of the terminals of the other connector and which is preloaded on a shoulder of the receptacle housing. The first leg includes a proximal end fixed to the housing and a distal end movably supported therein to permit a portion of the first leg between the proximal end and the distal end to be flexibly movable into a slot in the housing during mating of the connectors.

Low profile surface mountable electrical connector assembly

A low profile electrical connector assembly includes plug and receptacle connectors having mating dielectric housings each mounting a plurality of terminals which include contact portions for interengagement with the contact portions of the terminals of the other connector. The terminals include feet portions for surface connection to circuit traces on a pair of printed circuit boards. The terminals are generally U-shaped as defined by a first leg that is joined to the respective foot portion of the terminal and free spring contact leg that is engageable with the contact portion of one of the terminals of the other connector and preloaded on a shoulder of the respective housing. The first leg is fixed to the housing at a proximal end thereof with a distal end of the first leg being flexibly movable into a slot in the housing. A retention member is mounted at each end of each connector housing and is generally L-shaped with a first leg attached to the respective end of one of the housings and second leg adapted for surface securement to the one side of the printed circuit board. Complementary interengaging holding members are provided near the opposite ends of the connector housings for holding the connectors in mated condition.

An IC connector receives an IC package which includes a plurality of J-bend type leads arranged in parallel rows along opposite sides of an IC package body. The connector includes a housing having package-receiving recess and a pair of rows of terminal-receiving passages. A plurality of stamped and formed terminals are received in the passages. Each terminal includes a contact section for contacting a respective one of the leads of the IC package, a retention section for fixing the terminal in a respective one of the passages and a tail section exposed exteriorly of the housing. The contact section of each terminal is generally channel-shaped to define a pair of rigidifying side walls extending in planes generally transverse to the side walls of the housing and a central base portion joining the rigidifying the side walls. A pair of resilient cantilevered beam portions are formed from the central base portion of the contact section and define a pair of spring contacts projecting into the recess for engaging a respective one of the leads of the IC package.

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George M Simmel