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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 01, 1992
Kurt P Baderschneider, Dreieich, DE;
Friedrich J Kourimsky, Bensheim, DE;
Harald M Lutsch, Dietzenbach, DE;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector is disclosed having pin terminals positioned within an insulating housing where the terminal includes a cylindrical contact portion having an inner diameter formed at which carries a plastic cylindrical bead. The terminal also includes a serrated portion positioned within a converging bore portion of the housing passageway. A printed circuit board can be positioned against the lower portion of the housing and when wave soldered causes the serrated portion to form corresponding grooves in the housing through hole and causes the plastic bead to melt and fill the seam between the edges of the serrated portion.