Harness connector
First Claim
1. A harness connector comprising:
- a header assembly including a header housing extending between a plug end and a mounting end, the header housing includes alignment ribs extending from the mounting end, the header housing holding header contacts, wherein each header contact is stamped into an L-shape to include a pin and a tail extending generally perpendicular to the pin, the stamped header contacts each include first and second sides and shear edges extending between the first and second sides, a shear edge along the tail being configured to be surface mounted to a printed circuit board, the alignment ribs engaging the other shear edge of each tail to align the tails for surface mounting to the printed circuit board; and
a plug assembly received in the plug end of the header housing along a plug axis, the plug assembly including a plug housing holding receptacle terminals, the receptacle terminals extending along and receiving the header contacts along terminal axes, the terminal axes being generally parallel to the plug axis, the mating ends being mated with corresponding header contacts, the terminating ends having insulation displacement contacts configured to receive, and be electrically connected to, corresponding wires, the wires received in the insulation displacement contacts along wire axes that are generally perpendicular to the plug axis and the terminal axes, and the wires extending from the insulation displacement contacts along the wire axes.
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Abstract
A harness connector having a header assembly that includes a header housing that extends between a plug end and a mounting end. The header housing holds header contacts. Optionally, the header housing may be mounted to a printed circuit board at the mounting end with the header contacts being electrically connected to the printed circuit board. One or more plug assemblies are received in the plug end of the header housing along a plug axis. The plug assembly includes a plug housing holding receptacle terminals. The receptacle terminals extend along terminal axes parallel to the plug axis between mating ends and terminating ends. The mating ends are mated with corresponding header contacts. The terminating ends have insulation displacement contacts configured to receive, and be electrically connected to, corresponding wires. The wires extend from the insulation displacement contacts along wire axes that are generally perpendicular to the terminal axes.
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18 Claims
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1. A harness connector comprising:
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a header assembly including a header housing extending between a plug end and a mounting end, the header housing includes alignment ribs extending from the mounting end, the header housing holding header contacts, wherein each header contact is stamped into an L-shape to include a pin and a tail extending generally perpendicular to the pin, the stamped header contacts each include first and second sides and shear edges extending between the first and second sides, a shear edge along the tail being configured to be surface mounted to a printed circuit board, the alignment ribs engaging the other shear edge of each tail to align the tails for surface mounting to the printed circuit board; and a plug assembly received in the plug end of the header housing along a plug axis, the plug assembly including a plug housing holding receptacle terminals, the receptacle terminals extending along and receiving the header contacts along terminal axes, the terminal axes being generally parallel to the plug axis, the mating ends being mated with corresponding header contacts, the terminating ends having insulation displacement contacts configured to receive, and be electrically connected to, corresponding wires, the wires received in the insulation displacement contacts along wire axes that are generally perpendicular to the plug axis and the terminal axes, and the wires extending from the insulation displacement contacts along the wire axes. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A harness connector comprising:
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a header assembly including a header housing extending between a plug end and a mounting end, the header housing having a first plug chamber and a second plug chamber extending between the plug end and the mounting end, the header housing holding header contacts in the first and second plug chambers; a first plug assembly received in the first plug chamber through the plug end of the header housing along a plug axis; and a second plug assembly received in the second plug chamber through the plug end of the header housing along a plug axis; the first and second plug assemblies each including a plug housing holding receptacle terminals, the receptacle terminals extending along terminal axes parallel to the corresponding plug axis between mating ends and terminating ends, the mating ends being mated with corresponding header contacts, the terminating ends having insulation displacement contacts configured to receive, and be electrically connected to, corresponding wires, the wires being received in, and extending from, the insulation displacement contacts along wire axes that are generally perpendicular to the plug axis and the terminal axes; wherein the first and second plug assemblies are received in the first and second plug chambers in a staggered relationship with the second plug assembly being positioned further from the mounting end of the header housing than the first plug assembly, the first and second plug assemblies being received in the first and second plug chambers such that the second plug assembly does not pass vertically over any portion of the first plug assembly and such that the first plug assembly does not pass vertically over any portion of the second plug assembly, the wires extending from the second plug assembly extending over the plug housing of the first plug assembly; and wherein the plug housings each include a front and a rear extending between an outer end and an inner end, the inner end being plugged into the header housing, the front and rear extending parallel to the terminal axes, the wires extending from the front of the plug housing of the first plug assembly, the wires extending from the front of the plug housing of the second plug assembly over the outer end of the plug housing of the first plug assembly. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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Specification