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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1997
James J David, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
R Douglas Sheaffer, Mechanicsburg, PA (US);
Berg Technology, Inc., Reno, NV (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector having a front retaining shell and a rear housing with aligned longitudinal contact receiving passageways. A molded wafer is positioned between the housing and a circuit board. This wafer has apertures for receiving conductive contacts and the grounding legs on the front shell. A pair of rigid posts project upwardly from the wafer to engage the housing. Another pair of rigid posts project downwardly from the wafer to engage the circuit board. Relative dislocation of the conductive contacts, the grounding legs and the circuit board attachments is thus avoided so as to facilitate robotic placement of the connector.