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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 26, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Johnson Yang, Tai-Shan, TW;
Tai Zin, Shu-Lin, TW;
Assignee:
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taiepi Hsien, TW;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/373 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R 1/373 ;
Abstract
An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing, a plurality of terminals and a pair of board locks. The terminals include upper terminals and lower terminals each having a contact end, a securing portion and a solder tail. The solder tail of each lower terminal is substantially perpendicular to a circuit board and soldered to soldering sites located on a lower surface thereof using Through Hole Technology. The solder tail of each upper terminal is substantially parallel to the circuit board and soldered to soldering sites located on an upper surface thereof using Surface Mount Technology.