| 摘要 |
A modular multi-row electrical connector which mates with an array of pins. The connector includes a housing having top and bottom rows of elongated terminal receiving cavities. Each cavity has a pin receiving opening in the forward end thereof, said pin receiving openings being in the same configuration as the pin array. A plurality of terminals are mounted in the cavities with each terminal having a pin engaging portion at the forward end and a wire engaging portion at the rearward end. The wire engaging portion of each terminal includes an insulation displacement slot. The cavities of the top rows are staggered with respect to the cavities of the bottom row and the adjacent top row cavities are spaced apart from one another. A slot is formed in the top of each cavity to expose the wire engaging portion of the terminals. The wire engaging portions of the terminals received in the bottom row cavities are accessible between adjacent top row cavities so that all the terminals of both rows can be mass terminated from the top of the connector. The housing is made up of a plurality of modules, each module including at least top row cavity and at least one bottom row cavity. The modules are connected together by means of selectively removable module connecting members. A desired number of modules may be removed from the housing structure leaving a plurality of modules comprising a connector housing having pin openings of the same configuration as a desired pin array. |
