Patent ID: 6722897
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A power adapter comprising:a printed circuit board defining a first surface and an opposite second surface; a first electrical connector having a first housing and configured with a Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) interface thereof and conductively attached on said first surface of said printed circuit board; and a second electrical connector having a second housing and configured as a conventional power connector and conductively attached to the second surface of said printed circuit board; wherein said printed circuit board defines thereon a number of first and second through-holes arranged in rows, said second through-holes being disposed between said first through-holes; wherein said first electrical connector includes a number of terminals conductively received in said first through-holes of said printed circuit board, each terminal having a press-fit end fixedly received in corresponding first through-hole; wherein said second electrical connector includes a number of power pins arranged in row and conductively received in said second through-holes; wherein said number of terminals have a larger number than said number of power pins; wherein said first electrical connector includes a board lock formed on a lateral side thereof and a cutout defined on an opposite lateral side, a number of notches are defined on an opposite surface of the first housing, respectively, and a number of cavities are disposed on a rear face adjacent to corresponding notches; wherein said second housing forms a latch on a lateral side thereof for being mechanically received in the cutout of the first housing, and defines a board lock receiving opening on an opposite side for receiving the board lock of the first housing to securely interlock the first and second housings; wherein said second housing further have a number of board locks and guiding posts formed thereon corresponding to the notches and the cavities of the first housing engaging therewith.