Claims
- 1. A surface mount connector having a bipartite insulating housing comprising an elongate base part for mounting adjacent a face of a circuit board and a mating part having a receptacle wall portion for assembly with the base part to upstand therefrom for mating engagement with a complementary connector, a series of elongate metal contacts having contact arm portions and board connecting leg portions extending to respective opposite ends thereof and joined together by medial portions anchored in the base part independently of the mating part in longitudinally spaced apart relation so that the contacts extend transversely of the base part in a longitudinally extending row with the arm portions upstanding from an upper face of the base part and the board connecting leg portions extending laterally outwardly beyond a longitudinal edge of the base part, the mating housing part having contact leg engaging surfaces and being assemblable on the base part with the contact mating arm portions received within the receptacle walls and the contact leg engaging surfaces in locating engagement with upper surfaces of respective leg portions thereby maintaining free ends thereof within a circuit board engaging plane.
- 2. A surface mount connector according to claim 1 in which the medial portions of the contacts are anchored in the housing by molding-in.
- 3. A surface mount connector according to claim 2 in which the base part is formed with a row of transversely extending channels at a corresponding pitch to the contacts, each channel opening to the longitudinal edge of the base part, portions of the contact leg portions adjacent the medial portions being received in respective channels.
- 4. A surface mount connector according to claim 2 in which the base part is formed with a step extending along said longitudinal edge, the step having upper and lower levels, the arm portions of the contacts being upstanding from the upper level.
- 5. A surface mount connector according to claim 4 in which the lower level of the step is formed with a row of transversely extending channels at a corresponding pitch to the contacts, each channel opening to the longitudinal edge of the base part, portions of the contact leg portions adjacent the medial portions being received in respective channels.
- 6. A surface mount connector according to claim 2 in which the contact engaging surfaces are formed on lower portions of mating housing part, which lower portions extend laterally outwardly from lower ends of the wall portions.
- 7. A surface mount connector according to claim 6 in which the base part is formed with a row of transversely extending channels at a corresponding pitch to the contacts, each channel opening to the longitudinal edge of the base part, portions of the contact leg portions adjacent the medial portions being received in respective channels.
- 8. A surface mount connector according to claim 6 in which the contact engaging surfaces protrude laterally outwardly beyond the longitudinal edge of the housing base part.
- 9. A surface mount connector according to claim 8 in which hook-form latches depend at spaced-apart intervals from the laterally outwardly extending surface between at least some adjacent contact leg portions into latching engagement with the longitudinal edge of the base part thereby to mount the mating part on the base part.
- 10. A surface mount connector having a bipartite insulating housing comprising an elongate base part for mounting adjacent a face of a circuit board and a mating part having a receptacle wall portion for assembly with the base part to upstand therefrom for mating engagement with a complementary connector, a series of elongate metal contacts having contact arm portions and board connecting leg portions extending to respective opposite ends thereof and joined together by medial portions molded in the base part in longitudinally spaced apart relation so that the contacts extend transversely of the base part in a longitudinally extending row, the base part being formed with a step extending along said longitudinal edge providing upper and lower levels and a row of transversely extending channels being formed in the lower level, the contact arm portions upstanding from the upper level and the contact leg portions being received in respective channels and extending laterally outwardly beyond a longitudinal edge of the lower level; portions of the mating housing part extending laterally outwardly from lower ends of the wall portions beyond the longitudinal edge of the lower level and being formed with contact leg engaging surfaces, hook-form latches depending at spaced apart intervals from the laterally outwardly extending portion between at least some adjacent contact leg portions into latching engagement with the longitudinal edge of the base part thereby to secure the mating part assembled with the base part with the contact mating arm portions received within the receptacle walls and the contact leg engaging surfaces in locating engagement with upper surfaces of respective leg portions thereby to maintain free ends thereof within a circuit board engaging plane.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation-in-part application of application Ser. No. 670,793, filed Mar. 18, 1991.
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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