Hitachi, Ltd.

Takeji Siokawa

Takayuki Ono

Kenichi Kasai

Mitugu Shirai

Tsutomu Imai

Kiyoshi Matsui

Morio Suzuki

Hideyuki Fukasawa

Toshitaka Murakawa

Takeshi Kuroda

A multi-pin connector has contact pins fixedly soldered into bottomed connection holes which are in desired positions on a printed board, so that the contact pins are arrayed in a desired form without a housing. The multi-pin connector can be manufactured in a short period of time and can have any pitch, any number of pins and any shape.

Electronic device and multi-pin connector therefor

A multi-pin connector for mounting other boards or electronic parts on a main board, has contact pins fixedly soldered into bottomed connection holes which are in desired positions on the main board, so that the contact pins are secured separately and arrayed in a desired form without a housing. The contact pins have contact portions and pin portions, with the pin portions being secured in the connection holes.

Multi-pin connector

Ends of contact pins are inserted into bottomed connection holes which are in desired positions on a printed board, so that the contact pins are arrayed in the desired form. By effecting solder reflow in this state, the contact pins are fixedly soldered to the connection holes. A multi-pin connector is thus provided, which can be manufactured with ease in a short period of time and which can have any pitch, any number of pins and any shape.

Method of making multi-pin connector

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