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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2001
Lawrence J. Brekosky, Dillsburg, PA (US);
Douglas M. Eakin, Fremont, CA (US);
William G. Lenker, Marysville, PA (US);
Tyco Electronics Corporation, Middletown, PA (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector is shown for stacking a plurality of printed circuit boards one above the other, where some of the terminals extending from the lower portion of the housing include both printed circuit board contacts as well as mating contacts for the next adjacent connector. The connector housing includes integral stand-offs for maintaining the parallel nature of the stacked boards, as well as a precise spacing between the boards. The connector housings can include stand-off members which are frangible and can be used to maintain the parallel nature of the boards when other connector housings of a similar height are not used.