Header connector and attachment

摘要

A header connector and attachment thereof to a flexible printed circuit substrate having a plurality of exposed circuit end segments. The header connector includes a connector having a plurality of bores therethrough and an outrigger rigidly attached to the connector in parallel, laterally spaced relation so that an open span is defined between the connector and the outrigger. Male pin terminals have long leg portions wedged into the bores in the connector and have short leg portions bent at about 90 DEG to the long leg portions. The short leg portions extend across the open span to the outrigger and are received in slots in the outrigger which align the short leg portions parallel to each other. Projections on the outrigger at opposite ends thereof are received in apertures in the substrate so that the connector and outrigger are aligned on the substrate. Splice clips are inserted into the substrate from below the open span and include tabs which are crimped around respective ones of the short leg portions so that the substrate and circuit end segments are pressed against the short leg portions.