Molex Corporation

Tom Cruise

Matthew Wilhite

Mathew Wilhite

Niallo Donal Carroll

Patrick G Casey

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

A mounting system is provided for readily mounting an electrical connector in an opening in a panel for interconnecting an electrical device on one side of the panel with an electrical component on the other side of the panel. A complementary interengaging pivot arrangement is provided between a nose of the connector and the panel, near the opening in the panel, whereby the connector can be rotated to an operative position in the opening. Complementary interengaging latches are provided between the connector and the panel, near the opening and remote from the pivot means, for holding the connector in its operative position. Interengaging stops are provided for preventing disengagement of the pivot arrangement when the connector is in its operative position.

Mounting system for electrical connectors

An electrical connector includes a dielectric body mounting a flexible leaf-type terminal which has a spring contact portion for surface engagement with a contact element of a mating connector component. The body includes a partition-like wall defining oppositely facing sides and an end face thereof. The terminal is fixed adjacent one side of the wall, and the spring contact portion of the terminal is bowed around the end face of the wall and spaced therefrom for flexingly surface engaging the contact element of the mating connector component in a given direction generally perpendicular to the end face of the wall. The terminal has a distal end at the end of the spring contact portion located in a recessed area in the other side of the wall. The distal end thereby preloads the spring contact portion and resists flexing of the spring contact portion if engaged in a direction generally toward the one side of the wall.

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Limerick, Ireland

Tom Cruise