Electrical connector assembly.

摘要

A connector assembly has a first component (10) with a flat box-like casing (11) for mounting to a printed circuit board. Terminals (13) on the casing (11) connect with tracks on the printed circuit board. The terminals (13) have pins (13a) inside the casing (11) which are presented to an opening (12) into which a second component (20) with a flat box-like casing (21) is plugged. The second component (20) incorporates a semiconductor circuit in the form of an IC package which connects with terminals (23) in its casing (21) which mate with the pins (13a). A grounding terminal (15) made of a resilient electroconductive metal strip is mounted on the casing (11) of the first component and exposed inside the casing (11) to contact the casing (21) of the second component prior to the mating of the terminals (13, 23) to ensure that any static electricity which has developed in the casing (21) of the second component is reliably discharged.