Electrical connector for printed circuit boards

摘要

An electrical connector (10) is disclosed, mountable to a surface (41) of a printed circuit board (40) for electrically connecting a component (50) to the board (40). The connector (10) has a plurality of contacts (12) supported in a plurality of contact receiving apertures (18) of a connector housing (14). Each of the plurality of contacts (12) is in the form of a thin flat plate (12) having a conductive element engaging portion (32), and a tail portion (33) which is electrically connectable to the board (40). Each contact receiving aperture (18) comprises a narrow slot which receives a contact (12) and maintains the contact (12) properly positioned in the housing (14). The housing (14) also has a plurality of conductive element receiving apertures (29) for receiving leads (51) of the component (50). Each of the conductive element receiving apertures (29) intersects with a contact receiving aperture (18), for engaging a lead (51) of the component (50) with the contact engaging portion (32) of a contact (12) to connect the component (50) to the connector (10).