(19)
(11) EP 0 949 724 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
23.02.2000 Bulletin 2000/08

(43) Date of publication A2:
13.10.1999 Bulletin 1999/41

(21) Application number: 99302747.3

(22) Date of filing: 08.04.1999
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: H01R 23/72, H01R 9/09, H01R 23/68
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE
Designated Extension States:
AL LT LV MK RO SI

(30) Priority: 08.04.1998 JP 9637398

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

(72) Inventors:
  • Goto, Kikuo
    Yamato, Kanagawa 242-0014 (JP)
  • Kimura, Takao
    Fujisawa, Kanagawa 251-0047 (JP)

(74) Representative: Johnstone, Douglas Ian et al
Baron & Warren, 18 South End
Kensington, London W8 5BU
Kensington, London W8 5BU (GB)

   


(54) Electrical connector


(57) Electrical connector (1) with an insulating housing (10), and electrical contacts (20) which are fastened to the housing (10), for electrically connecting a first circuit board (30) and a substantially parallel second circuit board (40). The contacts (20) have cantilever contact sections (22) which extend from fastening sections (21) cast in the housing (10) into openings between housing partition walls (10a), and which resiliently engage an undersurface of the first circuit board (30) with arcuate surfaces stamped and formed from a metal plate. The cantilever contact sections (22) are bent from the fastening sections (21) and have supporting-point members (24) which bear on the second circuit board (40) when the cantilever contact sections (22) are flexed by contact with the first circuit board (30). The connector (1) has a low profile and provides high contact pressure between the contacts (20) and the circuit boards (30, 40).






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