Patent ID: 6638106
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for being mounted onto a circuit board, comprising:a dielectric housing having a base and a pair of tongues projecting from the base, the base defining a pair of slits at opposite ends thereof, each tongue defining a plurality of passageways in a mating face thereof; a plurality of conductive contacts being received in corresponding passageways; and a pair of board locks being respectively retained into the pair of slits, each board lock forming a latch portion for being inserted into a hole defined in the circuit board and a pair of side portions for being soldered on a top face of the circuit board; wherein the base defines in a bottom face thereof a hole communicated with the corresponding slit for extension of a pair of legs of the latch portion therethrough; wherein each of said side portions has a body section forming barbs at one side thereof for biting into the base defining a corresponding slit, and a horizontal section extending from the body section for being soldered to the top face of the circuit board; wherein the base defines at each of the opposite ends thereof a pair of cutouts outside and communicated with each slit for extension of the horizontal sections of the side portions.