Low profile cam-in socket having terminals engaging a rib.

摘要

An insulative housing defines an elongated slot for receiving the circuit panel, and terminal-receiving cavities spaced apart along a length of the slot. Each cavity is open to the slot on opposite sides, and the housing includes a rib extending beneath the slot along the length. Electrically-conductive terminals are disposed in respective cavities, and each terminal comprises an integral body including a housing engaging section having opposed surfaces each gripping a respective opposite side of the rib. A lead extends to an exterior of the housing for electrically engaging the substrate. A pair of resilient contact arms extend into the slot from respective ones of the opposite sides of the slot for electrically engaging opposite sides of the circuit panel. The contact arms have free ends and one of the free ends is relatively higher above the rib than the other of the ends.