Patent ID: 6174194
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A LED module for mounting on a printed circuit board and a connector assembly for electrically connecting a complementary mating plug to the printed circuit board, the connector assembly having a connector housing for mounting on the printed circuit board, the housing including a front face with cavity therein defining a plug-receiving opening, a top wall and a rear wall, and a plurality of terminals each including one end extending into the cavity to make electrical contact with a corresponding terminal on the plug within the cavity and the other end adapted to contact the printed circuit board, wherein the LED module comprises:a separate one piece generally L-shaped LED housing including a top portion mounted over the top wall of the connector housing and a rear portion mounted over the rear wall of the connector housing the top portion having top and bottom surfaces,a light emitting device mounted in said LED housing and viewable through a front face thereof adjacent the plug-receiving opening,conductors connecting and extending from said light emitting device through the interior of the LED housing and downwardly for connection to the printed circuit board; andwherein said light emitting device is snap fit into a recess formed in the bottom surface of the top portion of the LED housing, and said conductors are snap fit into channels formed in the bottom surface of the top portion of LED housing.