EP0561497A1 Expired / Lapsed EP ⏱️ 0.0 years remaining

Surface mount electrical connector and shield therefor

Assignee: Whitaker LLC

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Filing: 1993-02-11

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Granted: —

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Expires: 2013-02-11

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Abstract

Abstract An electrical connector (1) for mounting on a circuit board includes a housing (2) having a pair of spaced, rudimentary bottom walls (30) each having a bottom surface for engaging against the circuit board. Each bottom wall (30) has a through bore (39) formed therein opening into the bottom face and also opening upwardly. A hollow board lock (41) supported in each of the bores (39) has locking legs projecting below the bottom face of the respective bottom wall (30) for insertion in a hole in a circuit board. The housing (2) has a header (8) carrying electrical terminals (64, 66, 68, 70) having terminal legs (76) projecting rearwardly from the header (8) and terminating in soldering tails (78). A metal shield (18) covering the terminal legs (76) has grounding tabs which extend through respective board locks (41) and are soldered to the grounding conductors at the same time as the locking legs.

Inventors

👤 John Lawrence Broschard Iii
👤 Earl William Mccleerey
👤 John Allen Root
👤 Wayne Samuel Davis

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —

Jurisdiction EP

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Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 13:17

CPC Classifications

H; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/70; H01R12/71; H01R12/72; H01R12/7005; H01R12/7011; H01R12/707; H01R12/7017; H01R12/7023; H01R13/00; H01R13/648; H01R13/658; H01R12/722; H01R12/724; H01R25/00; H01R25/006

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10

Claim 1

Independent Claim 61 words

A stacked electrical connector (1) for mounting to a printed circuit board (PCB), the connector (1) having at least one header insert (8) disposed within a metal shield (18) for incorporating at least one group of electrical terminals (12), characterized in that: the header inserts (8) and terminals (12) are enclosed between a die-cast metal housing (2) and the shield (18).

Claim 2

Dependent Claim 23 words

The electrical connector of claim 1, wherein the metal housing (2) includes a removable tail spacer plate (16) for supporting the terminals (12).

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 22 words

The electrical connector of claim 2, wherein the at least one header insert (8) is disposed in a drawn metal shell (4).

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 12 words

The electrical connector of claim 3, wherein the terminals (12) are planar.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 35 words

The electrical connector of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the metal housing (2) includes an aperture (39) with a hollow board lock (41) disposed therein, the board lock including at least two legs (37).

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 29 words

The electrical connector of claim 5, wherein the at least two legs (37) are bent along their length so that they cantilever inwardly when placed in the aperture (39).

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 33 words

The electrical connector of any of claims 5 or 6, wherein the metal shield (18) includes tabs (100) which are received within the hollow portion of the board lock (41) for soldering therewith.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 42 words

The electrical connector of any one of claims 1-4, wherein the metal shield (18) includes grounding tabs (104) and a cantilever flap (84) which cooperate together to secure the metal shield (18) to the metal housing (2) and printed circuit board (PCB).

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 24 words

The electrical connector of claim 8, wherein the metal shield (18) has latching tongues (98) which engage grooves (42) in the metal housing (18).

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 21 words

The electrical connector of claim 8, wherein the metal shield (18) includes funnels (110) for the ingress of a cleaning fluid.

References Cited (Backward Citations)

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