Staggered mounting electrical connector

摘要

A staggered mounting electrical connector assembly can include a shroud and an electrical connector. The electrical connector can include a connector housing, and the shroud can be configured to be mounted to the connector housing in a staggered fashion. The shroud and the connector housing can include complementary alignment members configured to interface with each other. The alignment members can act to align mounting members defined by the shroud during the process of mounting the shroud and the connector housing to an underlying substrate, such as a printed circuit board.

主权项

1. An electrical connector assembly configured to be mounted onto an underlying substrate along a mounting direction, the electrical connector assembly comprising:
an electrical connector including a dielectric connector housing and at least one electrical contact carried by the connector housing, the at least one electrical contact including a mounting tail configured to be mounted to the underlying substrate and a mating end configured to be electrically mated to a complementary electrical component, the connector housing including at least one first alignment member that includes an alignment body and at least one compressible crush rib that projects out from the alignment body along a select direction, wherein the at least one first alignment member has a thickness along the select direction; and an electrically conductive shroud configured to fit over the connector housing, the shroud including at least one second alignment member having a thickness along the select direction, the shroud further including a mounting member configured to be received in a complementary aperture of the underlying substrate, wherein the first alignment member is configured to be received by the second alignment member when the shroud is mounted onto the connector housing so that the mounting member is aligned with the complementary aperture, and the crush rib is compressed and remains compressed by the second alignment member so that the thickness of the first alignment member decreases to be no greater than the thickness of the second alignment member.