Patent ID: 6945816
Filing Date: 2005-09-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly adapted to be mounted onto a panel having opening means therethrough, comprising: a housing comprising at least one key formed on each of an upper surface and a lower surface thereof adapted to pass through the opening means of the panel from one side along a first direction and engage with an opposite side of the panel after a movement of the housing relative to the panel along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; a plurality of conductive contacts disposed in the housing; a fixing pusher moveable attached to the housing along the first direction, comprising a finger operable main body and a forwardly extending filling bar, after the movement of the housing in the second direction, the main body further directly pushed by a user without any other equipment to bring the filling bar into engagement with the panel, wherein the housing comprises a rearwardly extending arm portion, and the fixing pusher is attached to the arm portion; the arm portion of the housing has a first protrusion near a rear end thereof, and the main body of the fixing pusher forms a first projection to lock with the first protrusion of the housing for limiting a rearward movement of the fixing pusher along the first direction; and the arm portion of the housing has a second protrusion near a front end thereof, and wherein the main body of the fixing pusher forms a second projection to lock with the second protrusion of the housing for limiting a rearward movement of the fixing pusher along the first direction, after the movement of the housing in the second direction.