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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1994
Filed:
May. 18, 1993
Bruce A Peterson, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector assembly is provided for interconnecting a modular phone plug with a printed circuit board. The connector assembly includes a housing having a forward mating end and a rearward end. A plug-receiving socket is formed in the forward mating end and is adapted to receive a modular phone plug. The rearward end is configured so that an edge of a printed circuit board can be inserted at a first angular orientation relative to the housing and then rotated to a second angular orientation. A plurality of terminals are mounted in the housing. Each terminal includes a contact portion at one end, a tail portion at an opposite end and an intermediate portion therebetween. The intermediate portion is anchored in the housing. The contact portion projects into the socket for engaging a contact of the modular phone plug. The tail portion is configured for engaging a contact pad on the printed circuit board with minimal contact force in the first angular orientation of the board and with considerable contact force in the second angular orientation of the board.