Claims
- 1. An edge mounted electrical connector for surface mounting to a substrate having a surface terminating at an edge, the electrical connector comprising:an insulative connector housing including: a bottom for mounting to the surface of the substrate; a back face having holes; and a side wall extending from the back face and terminating at a front face, the front face adapted to be located adjacent the edge of the substrate; a plurality of contact pins extending through the holes in the back face, each of the plurality of contact pins including: a flexible contact portion extending away from the back face at an oblique angle relative to the back face for flexibly engaging contact pins of a mating electrical connector; and a tail portion connected to the flexible contact portion, extending perpendicular to the side wall, and adapted to be electrically connected to the substrate; and electrically conductive shielding connected to the insulative connector housing and covering the plurality of contact pins to shield against interference to the electrical signal.
- 2. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the shielding wraps around the side wall.
- 3. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the shielding includes an end adapted to be electrically connected to a printed circuit board.
- 4. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the side wall extends from the back face and beyond the contact portions; andthe shielding being at least coextensive with the tail portions.
- 5. The electrical connector according to claim 4, wherein the shielding comprises:a first portion extending along the side wall and approximately parallel to the flexible contact portions; and a second portion extending from the first portion approximately parallel to the tail portions.
- 6. The electrical connector according to claim 4, wherein the side wall encircles the flexible contact portions and comprises a top surface and a bottom surface; andwherein the shielding extends across the top surface and beyond the bottom surface.
- 7. The electrical connector according to claim 6, wherein the side wall further comprises an interior surface between the top surface and the bottom surface; andwherein the shielding covers a portion of the interior surface of the side wall.
- 8. The electrical connector according to claim 7, wherein the shielding wraps around the side wall and extends along the interior surface to the back face.
- 9. The electrical connector according to claim 8, wherein the shielding extends between the interior surface and the flexible contact portions.
- 10. The electrical connector according to claim 9, wherein the shielding comprises a metallic shielding.
- 11. The electrical connector according to claim 1, wherein the electrical connector comprises a female electrical connector adapted to receive a male connector therein; andthe plurality of contact pins comprises female contact pins adapted to receive male contact pins of the male connector therein.
- 12. The electrical connector according to claim 11, wherein the female contact pins are arranged in clusters of female contact pins.
- 13. The electrical connector according to claim 1, further comprising a male connector housing adapted for insertion into an insulative connector housing, the male connector housing including:an insulating buttress projecting from a surface; and the plurality of male contact pins clustered about the buttress.
- 14. An electrical connector assembly to mount a first substrate perpendicular to a second substrate comprising:a male connector housing including: a bottom face having holes and adapted to be mounted to one surface of the first substrate and; and a side wall extending from the bottom face and terminating at a top face; a plurality of male contact pins extending through the holes in the bottom face and terminating at a position intermediate the top face and the bottom face; a female connector housing including: a bottom adapted to be mounted to one surface of the second substrate; a back face having holes; and a side wall extending from the back face and terminating at a front face; a plurality of female contact pins extending through the holes in the back face, the plurality of female contact pins for electrically contacting the male contact pins and each female contact pin including: an angled contact portion extending away from the back face at an oblique angle relative to the back face; and a tail portion connected to the contact portion, extending parallel to the back face, and adapted to be surface mounted on the one side the second substrate; and an electrically conductive shielding connected to one of the male connector housing and the female connector housing and covering the corresponding ones of the male contact pins and the female contact pins.
- 15. The electrical connector according to claim 14, wherein the shielding is connected to the female connector housing.
- 16. The electrical connector according to claim 15, wherein the shielding extends along the outside of the side wall and covers the female contact pins.
- 17. The electrical connector according to claim 16, wherein the side wall extends proximate the female contact pins.
- 18. The electrical connector according to claim 17, wherein the male connector housing comprises:a plurality of buttresses extending from the top face; wherein the plurality of male contact pins is arranged in a respective cluster about the periphery of each of the plurality buttress.
- 19. The electrical connector according to claim 18, wherein the plurality of female contact pins are arranged in clusters corresponding to the clusters of the plurality of male contact pins.
- 20. The electrical connector according to claim 14, wherein the shielding comprises:a first portion extending approximately parallel to the contact portions; and a second portion extending from the first portion approximately parallel to the tail portions.
Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application(s) application Ser. No. 09/261,256 filed on Mar. 3, 1999, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,334,794; which is a division of application Ser. No. 08/911,283, now issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,050,850, the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
This application is related in subject matter to U.S. application Ser. No. 08/911,010, entitled “Electrical Connector Assembly with a Female Electrical Connector Having Internal Flexible Contact Arm”, filed Aug. 14, 1997, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,247,972, and expressly incorporated by reference herein.
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