Board mount electrical connector assembly

摘要

An electrical connector includes an insulative connector housing including a longitudinal bottom wall defining a plurality of contact openings for receiving a plurality of contacts, first and second side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall at opposing sides thereof, first and second end walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall at opposing ends thereof, first and second pairs of latch openings at opposing ends of the bottom wall, and first and second protrusions extending upwardly from the bottom wall and disposed between respective first and second pairs of latch openings. Each latch opening extends through the bottom wall and through a side wall and is configured to allow a latch to eject a mating connector by moving within the opening. Each of the protrusions is configured to engage a corresponding opening in a latch of a mating connector cover or strain relief assembled to the electrical connector.

主权项

1. An electrical connector defining:
a plurality of discrete spaced apart wire positioning openings extending therein in a horizontal direction for receiving and securing a plurality of wires; and a plurality of discrete spaced apart contact openings extending therein in a vertical direction for receiving a plurality of insulation displacement contact (IDC) terminals, each wire positioning opening corresponding to and in registration with a different contact opening, such that when an IDC terminal is received in one of the contact openings and a wire is received and secured in the wire positioning opening corresponding to the contact opening, the IDC terminal makes contact with a conductive core of the wire, the plurality of wire positioning openings including a plurality of first wire grooves and a plurality of second wire grooves, and wherein valleys of the first wire grooves are vertically offset relative to valleys of the second wire grooves.