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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 1987
Filed:
Jun. 24, 1985
Douglas M Johnescu, York, PA (US);
Erlon F Johnson, Elizabethtown, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
According to the invention an improved connector has a housing portion with a base for mounting on a printed circuit board, projecting mounting posts extend from the base, a conductive outer shell and a dielectric body are surrounded by the housing portion, a first conductive contact is carried by the dielectric body and projects from the outer shell and has a first contact portion projecting from the housing for insertion into a corresponding aperture of a printed circuit board, the outer shell has a second contact portion projecting from the housing for insertion into a corresponding aperture of a printed circuit board, the free ends of the mounting posts project outwardly further from the base of the housing than the free ends of the first and the second contact portions, and the connector is characterized in that; each mounting post has a taper toward the free end, and each contact portion has a taper toward the free end and with an apex of the taper that intersects a longitudinal edge of the corresponding contact portion and is aligned with a center line of a corresponding aperture of a printed circuit board.