Surface mount electrical connector and terminal therefore.

摘要

An electrical connector (10) is provided for surface mounting on a printed circuit board and includes a dielectric housing (12) having a mating face (14) and a surface mounting face (16). The mating face includes a mating cavity. The surface mounting face includes a terminal-receiving passageway (22) communicating with the cavity. A terminal (24) is mounted on the housing, the terminal being stamped and formed of sheet metal material in a T-shaped configuration defining a trunk portion (26) and a cross portion (28). The trunk portion extends through the passageway (22) and projects into the mating cavity (20) of the housing to provide a male terminal pin therein. The cross portion is exposed at the surface mounting face (16) of the housing for contacting a circuit trace on the printed circuit board.