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(11) EP 0 590 797 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.08.1995 Bulletin 1995/34

(43) Date of publication A2:
06.04.1994 Bulletin 1994/14

(21) Application number: 93306892.6

(22) Date of filing: 01.09.1993
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)5: H01R 13/642, H01R 23/70, H01R 31/08
(84) Designated Contracting States:
DE FR GB IT NL

(30) Priority: 28.09.1992 US 951498
22.10.1992 US 965125

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

(72) Inventors:
  • McCleerey, Earl William
    Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania 17055 (US)
  • McCaffrey, Michael Andre
    Harrisburg, Pennsylvania 17104 (US)
  • Whiteman, Robert Neil, Jr.
    Middletown, Pennsylvania 17057 (US)

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


(56) References cited: : 
   
       


    (54) Board mounted electrical connector


    (57) An electrical connector (1), includes an insulative housing (2), a shroud (3) to receive therein a shorting bar (25) at a selected one of multiple positions (29) interconnecting electrically at least two electrical contacts (5) selected from multiple contacts (5), each of the positions (29) of the shorting bar (25) being aligned with at least one of multiple openings (21) for said one of the openings (21) to provide an entryway for an extraction tool to extract the shorting bar (25). A board mount (7) includes a post (19'') to interfit with an aperture (10') of a circuit board (8'), a first flange to engage the circuit board (8'), and a second flange extending over an axis of the post (19'') to receive an insertion force for inserting the post (19'') into the aperture (10').












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