The present invention is a method for manufacturing an electrical connector comprising an insulative housing with a base side and an opposed side and lateral sides interposed between said base side and said opposed side and at least one conductive contact extending from the base side of the insulation in a first leg and then laterally adjacent the top side of the housing in a second leg. In this method there is provided a mold comprising a first die and an opposed second die all defining an interior cavity and an exterior area. A molding compound input port extends between the exterior area and the interior cavity and a contact receiving aperture extending through the first die from the exterior area to the interior cavity. The conductive contact is then positioned so that the first leg extends upwardly from the exterior area through the contact receiving aperture into the interior cavity. The first leg extends through said interior cavity, and the second leg extends laterally adjacent the opposed die. The interior cavity of the mold is then filled with a polymeric molding compound, and force is applied on the second leg to cause the second leg of the contact to bear against the second die.
An electrical connector comprising an insulative body, an electrically conductive terminal received on the insulative body, and electrical shield member disposed in shielding relationship with respect to the terminal, a latching structure integral with the shield member for receiving a latch associated with a mating connector and a second latching structure integral with the shield member for engaging a bracket. There is also a mating connector which has a plurality of peripheral protuberances which preferably contact the panel to improve shielding.
An electrical connector contact strip including spaced electrical contacts, a body and fusible elements. The spaced electrical contacts each have a main section and a tab section extending from an end of the main section. The body includes dielectric material molded onto the contacts and connecting the contacts to each other. The fusible elements are mounted on the tab sections.
An optical connector assembly comprising a base, an optical fiber connector, and a spring. The base is adapted to be fixedly attached to a printed circuit board. The optical fiber connector has an outer housing movably mounted to the base. The spring biases the optical fiber connector in a predetermined direction relative to the base.
A stacked connector comprises a first receptacle in a first portion of the connector. A second receptacle is stacked on the first receptacle in the first portion of the connector. A group of first contacts is arranged in the first receptacle. A group of second contacts is arranged in the second receptacle. A second portion of the connector is arranged adjacent to the first and second receptacles and includes a recess extending across the first and second receptacles for receiving an insert containing at least one filtering circuit element. The groups of first and second contacts have extensions extending into the second portion of the connector, the extensions of the first and second contacts are arranged along one wall of the recess for connection to the insert. A group of third contacts is provided separate from the groups of first and second contacts. The group of third contacts is arranged along a different wall of the recess for connection to the insert and for connecting the stacked connector to circuitry external of the stacked connector and the insert.