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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 21, 1997
Steven Feldman, Madison, OH (US);
James C Pilny, Mentor, OH (US);
Dennis M Brunner, Centralia, MO (US);
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Abstract
An edge mount connector includes a connector body having solder tails extending from a back side, and receptacles formed in a front side, opposite the back side. The solder tails have terminal ends aligned along a solder plane extending through the front and back sides and intersecting the body between a top and a bottom surface. Recesses are integrally formed to extend into the front and bottom sides of the body. The recesses include a rest surface extending along the solder plane. The connector body is suspended within a cut-out formed in a circuit board panel. The body is maintained substantially level with the solder tails engaging solder pads formed on one portion of the panel whereas another portion of the circuit board panel adjacent the cut-out, is simultaneously in engagement with the rest surfaces of the recesses.