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(11) EP 0 538 029 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
15.09.1993 Bulletin 1993/37

(43) Date of publication A2:
21.04.1993 Bulletin 1993/16

(21) Application number: 92309406.4

(22) Date of filing: 15.10.1992
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5H01R 23/68
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 17.10.1991 GB 9122052

(71) Applicant: THE WHITAKER CORPORATION
Wilmington, Delaware 19808 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • Soes, Lucas
    NL-5248 BB Rosmalen (NL)
  • Gilissen, Hermanus Petrus Johannes
    NL-5296 KH Esch (NL)

(74) Representative: Warren, Keith Stanley et al
BARON & WARREN 18 South End Kensington
London W8 5BU
London W8 5BU (GB)


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Printed circuit board electrical connector


    (57) An electrical connection system is comprised of male and female electrical connector members where the male (60) and female (2) electrical connector are electrically interconnected to printer circuit boards (50,90) where the printed circuit boards (50,90) are intended for parallel mounting relative to one another. To reduce the vertical distance between the facing surfaces of the electrical printed circuit boards, the printed circuit boards include apertures (52,82) at least partly through the facing surface of the printed circuit board, and the male and female electrical connectors (2,60) are recessed into the apertures (52,82) of the printed circuit boards (50,90). This reduces the distance between the upper face of the electrical connector and the corresponding upper surface of the printed circuit board thereby providing a more dense profile between the interconnected opposing printed circuit boards (50,90).










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