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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1994
Takaki Naitoh, Inagi, JP;
Okitsugu Furuya, Tokyo, JP;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
This invention offers a connector for base boards and a method for connecting base boards which is of low profile and produces highly reliable electrical connections due to the fact that it does not generate pressure applied perpendicularly to the base boards which may result in their warping. Connectors for base boards 10, 10' consist of the primary and secondary connectors 20a, 20b having L-shaped contacts 50 which are attached, preferably using the SMT method, to the lands 61, 62 formed on the matching surfaces of the base boards 60a, 60b. A longitudinal groove 41 is made in the primary connector housing 40a, and contacting sections 52, 52 of the contacts 50a of the primary connector 20a and contacts 50b of the secondary connector 20b, which is inserted in the groove 41, are connected by means of an elastic connecting component 30.