Itt Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.

Wolfgang Drichelt

Werner Biermann

Hans Kieninger

Detlef Pantring

Roland Schmid

Fred Weller

A connector is mounted on a circuit board by a pair of elongated fasteners ( ) that each have a connector end ( ) that is fixed to the connector housing and a board mount end ( ) that is fixed in mount holes ( ) in the circuit board. The board mount ends of the fasteners are press fit into circuit board holes as the termination ends ( ) of the connector contacts are inserted into plated holes in the board. Each fastener is attached to the connector by passing the connector end of the fastener through a hole ( ) in a plate-like metal wing ( ) of the connector and then press fitting the connector end of the fastener to the wing. The fastener has an elongated pin-like middle portion ( ) that can be bent 90&deg; so most of the connector can lie beyond an edge ( ) of the circuit board and partly in the plane of the circuit board.

Board mounted connector

A plug connector (,) has several contact elements (,) which are provided inside a housing (,). Each contact element having a first connecting end (,) and a second connecting end (,) for connection to bores (,) of a printed circuit board (,). The second connecting end is slit to have radial resiliency. A travel limitation element (,) is provided on the housing. The second connecting element is preferably arranged at right angle with respect to the first connecting element via an adapter element (,).

Growing community of inventors

Schwaikheim, Germany

Wolfgang Drichelt