Framatome Connectors International

Hubert Le Goff

Thierry Quillet

Alain Gillet

Christian Tabareau

Olivier Gaumont

Roger Sureau

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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Pruille Le Chetif, France

Hubert Le Goff