Electrical connector having circuit board modules positioned between metal stiffener and a housing
First Claim
1. An electrical connector comprising:
- a unitary insulative housing including a base and a first shroud extending forwardly from the base, the base defining a plurality of parallel slots therein;
a plurality of parallelly arranged circuit boards, each circuit board having a mating portion for mating with a complementary connector and a contact attaching section with conductive traces thereon, the contact attaching sections being at least partially received in corresponding ones of the slots of the housing;
plural rows of contacts disposed communicatively around the slots, respectively, the contacts each having a section electrically and mechanically attached to corresponding ones of the conductive traces on the circuit boards; and
a metal stiffener attached to the housing and comprising a second shroud vertically spaced from the first shroud, the circuit boards being retained by and between the metal stiffener and the housing, the mating portions of the circuit boards being disposed between the first shroud and the second shroud.
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Abstract
An electrical connector (100) includes a unitary insulative housing (1) including a base (10) defining a number of parallel slots (13) and a first shroud (11) extending forwardly from the base, a number of parallelly arranged circuit board modules (3) and a metal stiffener (2) attached to the housing. The circuit board modules are retained by and between the metal stiffener and the housing. Each circuit board module includes a dielectric spacer (30), a circuit board (36) attached to the dielectric spacer and received in a corresponding slot of the housing, and a row of press-fit contacts (38) mechanically and electrically connecting with the circuit board. The metal stiffener includes a second shroud (201) vertically spaced from the first shroud. The circuit boards have mating portions (362) disposed between the first and the second shrouds.
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21 Claims
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1. An electrical connector comprising:
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a unitary insulative housing including a base and a first shroud extending forwardly from the base, the base defining a plurality of parallel slots therein; a plurality of parallelly arranged circuit boards, each circuit board having a mating portion for mating with a complementary connector and a contact attaching section with conductive traces thereon, the contact attaching sections being at least partially received in corresponding ones of the slots of the housing; plural rows of contacts disposed communicatively around the slots, respectively, the contacts each having a section electrically and mechanically attached to corresponding ones of the conductive traces on the circuit boards; and a metal stiffener attached to the housing and comprising a second shroud vertically spaced from the first shroud, the circuit boards being retained by and between the metal stiffener and the housing, the mating portions of the circuit boards being disposed between the first shroud and the second shroud. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An electrical connector comprising:
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an insulative housing defining an elongated base extending along a first direction with therein a plurality of parallel slots each extending in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction; a plurality of parallel circuit boards respectively disposed in the corresponding slots; a plurality of contacts fastened to each corresponding circuit board and retained in corresponding passageways which communicate with the corresponding slot; said circuit boards defining aligned through holes, and the housing defining a through bore in alignment with said through holes in the second direction; and
an alignment pin extending through said bore and said through holes in said second direction;
whereinsaid bore is formed by alternately arranged upward and downward passages which communicate with an exterior in a third direction which is perpendicular to both said first and second directions. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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20. An electrical connector comprising:
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an insulative housing defining an elongated base extending along a first direction with therein a plurality of parallel slots each extending in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction; a plurality of parallel circuit boards respectively disposed in the corresponding slots, a front portion of each of said circuit boards exposed out of the corresponding slot in said second direction; a plurality of contacts fastened to each corresponding circuit board and retained in corresponding passageways which communicate with the corresponding slot; and a metallic stiffener located above the housing;
whereinthe housing further includes a first shroud and the stiffener further includes a second shroud opposite to said first shroud to commonly define a space receiving said front portions of the circuit boards in a third direction which is perpendicular to both said first direction and said second direction. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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Specification