Zero force connector for circuit boards

摘要

A printed circuit board connector is comprised of an elongated rectangular housing having a passageway in a longitudinal edge thereof for insertion of the board. A thin plate lever lying along the outer surface of each side wall of the housing and rockably mounted thereon, is provided at its free end with openings to capture the free ends of resilient contact members supported within the housing for retracting them against their bias from the path of a circuit board inserted in the passageway. A thin slidable cam plate between each of the side walls and plate levers cooperates with projections on the walls for causing them to move outward for pulling the contacts away from the passageway. A feature of the invention is that the housing and plate levers are all injection molded in one piece, and the levers are broken off the housing and rockably mounted thereon. The cooperating parts on the levers and side walls by which they can be assembled for relative rocking movement of the levers are integrally formed thereon in the molding process.