Homebrew_PCBs

On Monday 23 August 2004 03:36 pm, Thomas P. Gootee wrote:

> OK. Yeah. The Molex "K.K." series has that type of pins.

I couldn't tell you what their designation is as my catalogs with molex stuff
is pretty well buried someplace right now (got WAY too much stuff in this
room :-). But your description sounds to me like we're talking about pretty
much the same thing...

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> They are basically flat springs, which come down from the wire/crimp end of
> the pin, bend about 135 degrees at the bottom, and go about 4 mm before
> bending back toward the rest of the pin at something less than 180 degrees,
> and continuing back to the vertical part of the pin, where they actually
> have a tab that goes THROUGH a small slot in the pin and then is bent, to
> retain it in the slot.

Yep. Easy to get out of the shell with a small screwdriver or other tool,
too.

> No time for more, right now. But thanks for all of your other comments,
> too!

You're welcome, and I'm glad I could be of some help.