Connector having a pin guide for use with a printed circuit board

摘要

A connector having a pin guide and method are disclosed. The connector includes a housing, terminals and a pin guide. The terminals include securing sections and substrate mating ends. The securing sections are positioned to maintain the terminals in the terminal receiving recesses. The substrate mating ends extend from the housing. The pin guide is removably attached to the housing, the pin guide having terminal receiving cavities for receiving the substrate mating ends of the terminals therein. The method of assembly and installing a connector includes: inserting terminals into housing; bending a portion of the terminals which extend outward from the housing; and positioning a pin guide over the bent ends of the terminals, whereby the bent ends are retained in cavities of the pin guide.

主权项

1. A connector having a pin guide, the connector comprising:
a housing having terminal receiving recesses; terminals having securing sections and substrate mating ends, the securing sections maintain the terminals in the terminal receiving recesses, the substrate mating ends extend from the housing, the substrate mating ends having substrate mating portions, lateral projections positioned between the securing sections and the substrate mating portions; the pin guide removably attached to the housing, the pin guide having terminal receiving cavities for receiving the substrate mating ends of the terminals therein, recesses provided proximate a substrate mounting surface of the pin guide, the recesses extend between terminal receiving cavities, the recesses have shoulders which cooperate with the lateral projections of the terminals; the lateral projections of the terminals engage the shoulders of the recesses of the pin guide wherein as the substrate mating portions are inserted in the through holes of a substrate, forces applied to the substrate mating portions will be transferred to the pin guide through the engagement of the lateral projection with the shoulders of the recesses.