Molex Corporation

Patrick G Casey

Matthew Wilhite

Paul M O'Brien

Tom Cruise

Brian Bryce

Thomas W Cruise

A connector provides an interconnection between an IC pack and a printed circuit board. The connector is in the form of a header for mounting on the printed circuit board and into which the IC pack is inserted. A plurality of terminals on the header are adapted for interconnection of the IC pack to electrical traces on the printed circuit board. An electrical switch is provided in the header and is actuated by the IC pack upon insertion of the IC pack therewithin and therefore detects the presence of the IC pack within the header. The switch is interconnected to electrical traces on the printed circuit board.

IC pack connector with detect switch

An electrical connector system includes first and second electrical connectors mateable in a given general direction (A). Each connector includes a housing having a mating end and at least a pair of terminals mounted on the housing. The pair of terminals of each connector have contact portions engageable with the contact portions of the pair of terminals of the other connector. The contact portions of the terminals of at least one of the connectors are at angles to the mating direction to define a generally V-shaped engaging configuration. The contact portions of the terminals of at least one of the connectors are resilient. Therefore, wiping engagement between the respective terminals is effected during mating of the connectors, and the resilient contact portions are effective to store energy upon mating of the connectors, which energy is effective to assist in unmating of the connectors.

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Patrick G Casey