Claims
- 1. An electrical connector for electrically and mechanically interconnecting a circuit assembly having a plurality of contact regions and a mating connector having first side walls, a plurality of first contacts arranged in rows and columns within the first side walls and at least one second side contact, the electrical connector comprising:
- a first plurality of electrically conductive pins, each of the pins having a first end and a second end, the first ends for engaging the first contacts;
- an insulative housing having a cavity open at a first end, enclosed by front and rear elongated side walls and two end walls together with a floor perforated with a plurality of through holes each engaging one of the pins, a side skirt extending downward from each front and rear side wall, with a plurality of grooves, each of the grooves extending parallel to the pins and separated by a rib in each side skirt;
- an elongated ground strip mounted between the side skirts, the ground strip having a plurality of notches aligned with an end of each of the grooves in the side skirts;
- an electrically conductive spring contact formed to have contact beams for engaging the at least one second contact and projecting upward in a common plane from a carrier strip, a plurality of locking tabs attached to the carrier strip and projecting away from each of the beams, a plurality of shelf tabs attached to the carrier strip between the locking tabs and extending in the same direction as the locking tabs;
- the spring contact mounted in the housing so that each of the beams is in contact with an interior side of the front and rear side wall, and the shelf tabs and locking tabs bent to grip flat sides of the ground strip; and
- a second plurality of pins having first ends and second ends, the first ends of the second plurality of pins connected to the carrier strip such that second ends of the first plurality of pins and the second ends of the second plurality of pins are arranged in rows and columns to extend to the circuit assembly and engage the contact regions.
- 2. The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the first ends of the second plurality of the pins connect with exterior sides of the shelf tabs and locking tabs.
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This is a divisional application of copending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 07/536,855 filed Jun. 8, 1990 now abandoned.
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