US 7,320,605 B2
Board-to-board connector with improved terminal contacts
Wei-Sun Chang, Taipei (Taiwan); Pei-Chang Chao, Taipei (Taiwan); and Yi-Tse Ho, Tainan Hsien (Taiwan)
Assigned to Molex Incorporated, Lisle, Ill. (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/407,572.
Claims priority of application No. 94206263 U (TW), filed on Apr. 21, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0264074 A1, Nov. 23, 2006
Int. Cl. H01R 12/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—74  [439/660; 439/295; 439/284] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. In a board-to-board electrical connector assembly, an electrical connector comprising:
a dielectric housing for mounting on a first printed circuit board and including a receptacle for receiving a plug portion of a mating connector mounted on a second printed circuit board; and
a plurality of conductive terminals mounted on the housing and each terminal including a contact arm extending into the receptacle, the contact arm having first and second contact portions projecting into the receptacle at different angles, said first projecting contact portion being for engaging a terminal of the mating connector, and said second projecting contact portion being for engaging the mating connector terminal at a location different from the engaging location of said first projecting contact portion.