Electrical connector with strain relief and method of securing an electrical connector to a substrate

摘要

The invention relates to an electrical connector (100) mountable to a substrate (S). The electrical connector (100) comprises a housing (103, 105), and a surface mount contact (113, 115) and a hold down (111) both secured to the housing (103, 105). The hold down (111) may be a surface mount hold down. The invention also relates to a ball grid array connector (200) comprising a housing (216), a plurality of contacts (205) secured to the housing (216), a plurality of fusible elements (117) secured to the contacts (205) for mounting the connector to a substrate (S), and a hold down (209) secured to the housing (216). The hold down may be a surface mount hold down. The invention further relates to a method of mounting an electrical connector to a substrate (S). The method comprises providing a substrate (S) and an electrical connector (100, 200) having a contact (205) and a hold down (209), and securing the contact and the hold down to the substrate (S). The contact may be secured to a surface of the substrate (S). The invention also relates to a method of securing an electrical connector to a substrate (S)-The method comprises providing a substrate and an electrical connector having a contact and a hold down, and mounting the contact to the substrate (S). The method further comprises balancing the electrical connector on the substrate such that the electrical connector remains substantially parallel to the substrate (S) during the forming of the first and second solder joints.