Circuit panel connector, panel system using the connector, and method for making the panel system.

摘要

An improved circuit panel connector comprises an electrically insulating body having a plurality of openings extending through the body and has electrical contacts such as screw machine contact assemblies movably mounted in the respective body openings so that posts extend from the openings at one side of the body and terminal entry portions of the contacts are accessible at an opposite side of the body. A plate having a plurality of protuberances formed therein is disposed over the opposite connector body side with the protuberances fitted into the terminal entry portions of the contacts for spacing the movably mounted contacts relative to each other in the connector body openings. A polyimide tape is adhesively and detachably secured to the body over the plate for holding the plate on the body and for sealing the body openings. The contact posts are inserted into corresponding openings in a circuit panel and soldered to circuit paths on the panel. If desired, conformal coating materials are applied to the circuit panel over the connector, the tape serving to exclude such coating materials from the contact members in the connector body openings. The tape is then detached for permitting insertion of component terminals into the terminal entry portions of the connector contacts for mounting the component on the connector.