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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2000
Werner Biermann, Winterbach, DE;
Hans Kieninger, Stuttgart, DE;
Roland Schmid, Filderstadt, DE;
Wolfgang Drichelt, Schwaikheim, DE;
ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc., Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A connector is mounted on a circuit board by a pair of elongated fasteners ( ) that each have a connector end ( ) that is fixed to the connector housing and a board mount end ( ) that is fixed in mount holes ( ) in the circuit board. The board mount ends of the fasteners are press fit into circuit board holes as the termination ends ( ) of the connector contacts are inserted into plated holes in the board. Each fastener is attached to the connector by passing the connector end of the fastener through a hole ( ) in a plate-like metal wing ( ) of the connector and then press fitting the connector end of the fastener to the wing. The fastener has an elongated pin-like middle portion ( ) that can be bent 90° so most of the connector can lie beyond an edge ( ) of the circuit board and partly in the plane of the circuit board.