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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 09, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 02, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigeru Ishikawa, Hachioji, JP;
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 79 ; 439554 ; 439567 ; 439752 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector (30) and a method of making includes a base housing (40) holding contacts (41) on close spacing and a face housing (50) fitted onto the base housing to protect the contacts. The base housing (40) includes an alignment post (46) integrally formed with the contacts as intercoupled by a carrier section to tie the contact position and alignment post position together dimensionally. The alignment post includes a slot (45) receiving a fastener (35) fitted therein with barbs (37) projecting outwardly to latch the post and thereby the base and face housings to a printed circuit board for surface mounting to the traces of the board.