Multi-sequenced contacts from single lead frame

摘要

An electrical connector assembly comprising a housing having an interior chamber defining at least one lead frame plane, and identical sets of non-identical lead frame elements. The lead frame plane has a reference point. The lead frame elements are mounted in the interior chamber and aligned within at least one lead frame plane. The lead frame elements are adjustable along the lead frame plane between multiple levels with respect to the reference point. The multiple mating levels of the lead frame elements are created from only one lead frame. The mating levels are selected by the individual lead frame elements being positioned with respect to the reference point. The electrical connector also comprises N lead frame elements, each of which is adjustable between M mating levels to form X lead frame configurations, wherein X=M^N.