ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR

摘要

An electrical connector (1) straddle-mounted on an edge (20) of a printed circuit board (2) includes an insulative housing (10) having an elongated groove (11) for mating. A plurality of receiving channels (13) each used to receive a support subassembly (3) is formed adjacently to and communicated with the mating groove (11). The support subassembly (3) includes a base (30) with signal terminals (5) and a grounding member (4) attached thereon. Every terminal (5) includes an engaging end (51) exposed to the mating groove (11) and a tail end (52) extending out of the receiving channel (13) in a suspended status. And the grounding member (4) includes a plurality of contacting legs (42) extending from the grounding member (4) and being suspended similar to the tail end (52) of every terminal (5). A flexible portion (34) with a thinned area is disposed on the base (30) to define a separating portion (33) from the base (30). The flexible portion (34) is a hinge area used to facilitate relocating the separating portion (33) relative to the base (30). The separating portion (33) of the base (30) can be always positioned between the tail ends (52) of terminals (5) and the contacting legs (42) of the grounding member (4) to electrically insulate them from each other though the shape of tail ends (52) and contacting legs (42) are changed to be mounted on another desired printed circuit board with a different thickness. And the separating portion can be moved for the assembling of every terminal (5) and the grounding member (4) when they need to put together to form the support subassembly (3) being inserted into the housing (10).