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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 24, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yoku Yamagami, Tokyo, JP;
Hirokatsu Yaegashi, Tokyo, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sakata, Tokyo, JP;
Tsutomu Matsuo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Hirose Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439326 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector for connecting to a mother board a daughter board having a plurality of pads on a front edge thereof includes a plurality of contact terminals made by stamping and bending a resilient conductive sheet so as to provide first and second retaining sections which are fixed to the insulating housing. The daughter board is inserted between upper and lower contact portions of the contact terminals with a zero-insertion force and then rotated to bring the pads into contact with the contact portions with a predetermined contact force.