Patent ID: 7234951
Filing Date: 2007-06-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A header connector assembly comprising: an insulative housing having an array of passageways with contact posts held in the passageways, the contact posts having first and second end portions that are substantially perpendicular to each other, with the first and second end portions extending beyond first and second mating faces of the housing respectively, wherein the second mating face is adapted for engagement with contacts of a mating electrical connector; and a protective cover engageably attached to the insulative housing at the first mating face such that when the protective cover engages with the insulative housing, the cover and the housing combined to form a complete coplanar mating surface, which is adapted to face a substrate, in size being larger than the first mating face of the housing; wherein the protective cover comprises a body section having a plurality of ridges extending from a bottom surface thereof for engagement with the respective passageways, such that the posts are engaged by combinations of the ridges and the passageways to form said complete planar mating surface at planar end sidewalls of the ridges.