PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD MOUNTED ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY

摘要

AN ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR ASSEMBLY (14) IS PROVIDED FOR RELEASABLY CONNECTING A FIRST CONNECTOR (18) TO A PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD (16). THE ASSEMBLY INCLUDES A FIRST CONNECTOR INCLUDING AN ELONGATED DIELECTRIC HOUSING (24) HAVING A GENERALLY RIGID LOCATING POST (38) DISPOSED AT EACH OPPOSITE END (32) OF THE HOUSING AND ADAPTED TO PASS THROUGH THE CIRCUIT BOARD. A SECOND CONNECTOR (20) IS ADAPTED FOR MOUNTING TO THE OPPOSITE SIDE (42) OF THE CIRCUIT BOARD AND INCLUDES AN ELONGATED DIELECTRIC HOUSING (44) HAVING AN OUTWARDLY OPENING SEMI-CYLINDRICAL LOCATING CHANNEL (60) AT EACH OPPOSITE END OF THE ELONGATED HOUSING OF THE SECOND CONNECTOR FOR RECEIVING THE LOCATING POSTS (38) AND ESTABLISHING A NON-CONDUCTIVE INTERFERENCE FIT THEREWITH. A PAIR OF BOARDLOCKS (62) ARE DISPOSED GENERALLY ON OPPOSITE LATERAL SIDES OF EACH OF THE LOCATING CHANNELS (60) AND ARE ADAPTED FOR INSERTION INTO APPROPRIATE BOARDLOCK HOLES (64) IN THE CIRCUIT BOARD. TERMINALS (26) ARE MOUNTED ON THE HOUSING OF THE FIRST CONNECTOR (18) AND ARE ADAPTED TO EXTEND INTO APPROPRIATE TERMINAL-RECEIVING HOLES (34) IN THE PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARD.(FIG. 1)