Fixed connector for making electrical connections to surface-mount type printed board

摘要

A fixed connector for use in making electrical connections from an electrical cable having a plurality of conductors to a printed board having surface-mount type conductive traces, the electrical cable having a free cable connector connected to the plurality of conductors. The fixed connector includes a connector device for holding rows of contact tails spaced with a predetermined center-to-center spacing, each contact tail for electrical conduction with one of the plurality of conductors of the electrical cable, the connector device connectable to the free cable connector. The fixed connector also includes an aligning device made of insulating material for aligning the contact tails, the aligning device having a plurality of holes spaced with a predetermined center-to-center spacing different than the predetermined spacing of the contact tails, the holes having centers which are in a single plane, each hole receiving a respective one of the contact tails, the contact tails protruding from the aligning device remote from the connector device for attachment to the conductive traces on the printed board.