US 7,413,446 B1
Electrical connector module
Daniel James Jilg, Novi, Mich. (US); Max A. Gatsche, Jr., Flat Rock, Mich. (US); and Laura Diane Wakeford, Commerce Township, Mich. (US)
Assigned to FCI Americas Technology, Inc., Reno, Nev. (US)
Filed on May 14, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/803,584.
Int. Cl. H01R 12/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—76.1 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector module comprising:
a plurality of electrical contact terminals; and
a frame adapted to be attached to a housing, wherein the electrical contact terminals are connected to the frame and have opposite ends which extend away from the frame in two respective different directions, wherein the frame comprises a plug section adapted to be mechanically plugged into the housing and a resiliently deflectable snap finger adapted to snap-lock behind a portion of the housing, wherein the frame comprises a general L shape with the plug section forming a second leg of the general L shape and the electrical contact terminals being mounted to a first leg of the general L shape, wherein second ones of the ends of the electrical contact terminals extend from a front end of the frame, wherein first ones of the ends of the electrical contact terminals extend from a top of the first leg of the frame, and wherein the second leg of the frame extends in a rearward direction generally opposite the second ends of the electrical contact terminals.