Electrical connector having bus bars providing circuit board retention.

摘要

An electrical connector (10) of the type having an array of signal contacts surface mountable to pads of a circuit board (20), with at least one ground bus (40) having a row of post sections (44,50,52) insertable into through holes (34) of the circuit board. At least two of the post sections (50,52) include protuberances (54,56) proximate free ends thereof adapted to bear against side walls of the respective through holes (34) upon insertion thereinto, for deflection of the shanks (62,64) of the post sections (50,52) in the opposite direction. The protuberances (54,56) of the at least two post sections (50,52) extend in opposed directions along the row of post sections (44,50,52), thus cooperating to act as a clamp of modest force to retain the connector (10) to the board (20) prior to contact soldering. The deflectable shank (62,64) preferably has a reduced cross-sectional area at root (66,68) facilitating deflection in the plastic region.