Patent ID: 6672899
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An assembly of electric connectors, the connectors being an upper connector and a lower connector stacked one on another:each connector comprising an insulated housing and a plurality of contacts held in place therein; the contacts in each connector having conductive tail ends that are fitted in and through a guiding support and spaced from each other; the insulated housing of the upper connector having opposite side-walls that extend downwards to form pairs of elongate legs; and the insulated housing of the lower connector having opposite side-walls that extend downwards to form a pair of stubby legs shorter than the elongate legs, wherein the lower connector is detachably secured in between the elongate legs so as to be disposed below and nested in the upper connector, with the guiding support being detachably secured to lower ends of the elongate and/or stubby legs, and the upper and lower connectors are capable of separation from each other to be used alone.