Electrical connector with self-adjusting contact elements

摘要

An electrical connector for surface mounting and solder anchoring on a circuit board. The electrical connector has a plurality of contact elements that engage respective contact pads on the circuit board. The contact elements are free to move within the body of the electrical connector such that they can spatially self-adjust in order to compensate for non-planarity of the circuit board, as well as for mismatches between the inherent properties of the different connector and circuit board materials.