Claims
- 1. An electrical connector for interconnecting a plurality of printed circuit boards, said connector comprising an insulative housing having an upper mating face and a lower printed circuit board receiving face, said housing further comprising terminal receiving cavities extending between said faces, said insulative housing having at least two integral stand-off members to space two boards to be connected at a pre-determined spacing and to fasten them together, wherein at least one of the at least two integral stand-off members is permanent and at least one of the at least two integral stand-off members is frangible, whereby the at least one frangible stand-off member may be removed from the housing and used at corners of interconnected printed circuit boards.
- 2. The connector of claim 1, wherein said stand-off members are positioned adjacent to ends of said insulative housing.
- 3. The connector of claim 1, wherein each of said at least two stand-off members comprise a post extending from said housing.
- 4. The connector of claim 3, wherein each of said at least two stand-off members further comprise a fastener member extending through said post.
- 5. The connector of claim 4, wherein said fastener member comprises a first fastener portion extending above said post, and a second fastener portion extending below said post.
- 6. The connector of claim 5, wherein said first fastener portion comprises a female threaded portion and said second fastener portion comprises a male fastener portion, said first and second fastener portions having a common thread size.
- 7. An electrical connector for interconnecting a plurality of printed circuit boards, said connector comprising an insulative housing having an upper mating face and a lower printed circuit board receiving face, said housing further comprising terminal receiving cavities extending between said faces, and having a plurality of terminals therein, said terminals including a mating contact portion adjacent said mating face, and a printed circuit board contact adjacent said lower printed circuit board receiving face, said insulative housing having at least one attached stand-off member to space two boards to be connected at a pre-determined spacing, said stand-off member including a first fastener portion extending above said housing configured to couple said first fastener portion to a fastener portion of an adjacent electrical connector and a second fastener portion extending below said housing configured to couple said second fastener portion to a fastener portion of an adjacent electrical connector.
- 8. The electrical connector of claim 7, wherein said stand-off member is integral with said housing.
- 9. The connector of claim 7, wherein said housing has a plurality of stand-off members.
- 10. The connector of claim 7, wherein said at least one stand-off member comprises a post extending from said housing and said stand-off member further comprises a fastener member extending through said post.
- 11. The connector of claim 9, wherein said stand-off members are positioned adjacent to ends of said insulative housing.
- 12. The connector of claim 9, wherein said insulative housing includes permanent stand-off members and frangible stand-off members, whereby said frangible stand-off members may be removed from said housing and used at corners of interconnected printed circuit boards.
- 13. The connector of claim 10, wherein said fastener member comprises a first fastener portion extending above said post, and a second fastener portion extending below said post.
- 14. The connector of claim 13, wherein said first fastener portion comprises a female threaded portion and said second fastener portion comprises a male fastener portion, said first and second fastener portions having a common thread size.
- 15. The connector of claim 14, wherein said fastener member is fixed in said post, but is vertically displaceable to a position where said second fastener portion extends within said post.
Parent Case Info
Claims benefit of Provisional Application Ser. No. 60/181,593 filed Feb. 10, 2000.
US Referenced Citations (10)
Provisional Applications (1)
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