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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 18, 1990
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1990
Richard R Edgley, Elmhurst, IL (US);
Frederick J Gierut, Tinley Park, IL (US);
William Lenz, Crestwood, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A multi-conductor electrical connector for mounting on a printed circuit board which includes two rows of staggered insertion holes. The connector includes a housing having an elongate cavity. A contact strip is formed with a continuous carrier and laterally extending contacts gang-mountable in the elongate cavity of the housing. Each contact includes a conductor receptacle positionable in the cavity, and a pair of laterally spaced terminal tails projecting through the housing from the cavity. The terminal tails are independently severable whereby a terminal tail of any contact can be inserted into a hole in either row of staggered insertion holes in the printed circuit board. The contact receptacle is formed by an anvil portion and a spring finger portion. The terminal tails are stamped and formed out of the anvil portion and the spring finger portion of the contact.