Electrical connector for printed circuit boards

摘要

An electrical connector is adapted for mounting on a printed circuit board. The connector includes a dielectric housing having at least one row of terminal-receiving passages. A plurality of terminals are received in the passages and include tail portions in a row for connection to appropriate circuit traces on the printed circuit board. The tail portions of some of the terminals in the row are adapted for insertion into holes in the circuit board. The tail portions of other of the terminals in the row are adapted for surface mounting on the circuit board. Tail portions of some of the terminals extend through holes in the tail aligner while enlarged cutout areas in the tail aligner accommodate the surface mount tail portions of the others of the terminals.