| US 7,544,067 B1 | ||
| Board mount-type connector and board mount-type connector assembly | ||
| Takahiro Hatano, Tokyo (Japan); Makiya Kimura, Tokyo (Japan); Tomoyuki Takamoto, Gunma (Japan); Shin Sakiyama, Saitama (Japan); and Takashi Sekizuka, Saitama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Tyco Electronics AMP K.K., Kanagawa-Ken (Japan); and Advantest Corporation, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 29, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/39,796. | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 12/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—84 [439/74; 439/660] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A board mount-type connector, comprising:
an insulative housing having a base;
a row of contacts carried by the housing, each contact comprising a centerpiece secured to the housing along a substantially
vertically upright inner wall of the base, a mating interface connected to one end of the centerpiece so that the mating interface
contacts a mating contact, a board interface connected to the remaining end of the centerpiece so that the board interface
connects to a circuit board;
wherein the each board interface comprises a bend that initially extends away from an extension line associated with a generally
vertically upright portion of the respective centerpiece and that is bent back toward the extension line;
wherein a pad interface extends from the free end of the board interface toward the extension line; and
wherein the contacts of the row are staggered along a length of the row.
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