Electrical connector system

• US 7,160,151 B1
• Filed: 12/14/2005
• Issued: 01/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Component Equipment Company Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Component Equipment Company Incorporated
• Inventors: Rigby, William J., Blaise, Scott S.
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, KHIEM M
• Application Number:
  US11/300,707
• Time in Patent Office: 391 Days
• Field of Search: 439/78, 439/83, 439/607, 439/608
• US Class Current: 439/607.58
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/7052 characterised by the locating members
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/707 Soldering or welding
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 12/716 Coupling device provided on the PCB
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6599 Dielectric material made conductive, e.g. plastic material coated with metal

Abstract

The subject invention is an electrical connector system for a pair of printed circuit boards which utilizes a vertical female connector which is to be connected to one printed circuit board and a separate right angled male connector which has a housing which includes a plurality of right angled first electrically positive terminals which are to be used to connect to a second printed circuit board. Both printed circuit boards are connected together in a right angle relationship with one printed circuit board being located edgewise to the other printed circuit board. A mass of separate positive circuit paths is obtained by the terminals from one printed circuit board to the other. The vertical female connector and the right angled male electrical connector are fixedly mounted on their respective printed circuit boards.

Claims

1. An electrical connector system comprising:

a right angled male connector having an electrically conducting housing having a first face and a second face with said first face being oriented at ninety degrees relative to said second face, a plurality of first electrically positive terminals mounted within said housing in a spaced apart arrangement, each of said first electrically positive terminals terminating in a first end and a second end, said first electrically positive terminals being evenly spaced apart, said first end of each of said first electrically positive terminals protruding only slightly from said first face establishing a surface mount solderable connection with each said first end protruding the same distance from said first face, said second end of said first electrically positive terminals extending outward a substantial distance from said second face; and

a plurality of electrical ground points located on said first face directly adjacent but spaced from each said first electrically positive terminal with there being a series of said ground points surrounding each said electrically positive terminal, said points being commonly electrically grounded by an electrically conductive layer covering said housing, each said ground point protruding the same distance from said first face, said first end of said electrically positive terminals extending the same distance from said first face as said electrical ground points;

a shielded cone structure having a tapered wall surface surrounding but spaced from each said second end of said first electrically positive terminals, each said cone structure protruding from said second face, each said cone structure including said electrically conductive layer, whereby when said second ends are electrically connected to a separate connector said tapered wall surface of each said cone structure produces a tight enclosing fit with a hole formed in the separate connector producing a ground shield for each said first electrically positive terminal, each said first electrically positive terminal being electrically insulated relative to said housing by a combination of air and dielectric insulator.

2. The electrical connector system as defined in claim 1 wherein the separate connector comprises:

a vertical female connector having a body which has a cavity, a mass of spaced apart holes formed within said body with connecting said cavity, each said cone structure interlocking with a hole of said holes forming said tight enclosing fit completing said ground shield from said right angled male connector and said vertical female connector.

3. The electrical connector system as defined in claim 2 wherein:

said vertical female connector having an interface termination surface formed on an exterior surface of said body which is electrically conductive, said interface termination points and at least one second electrically positive terminal which is electrically insulated from said electrically conductive body.