Patent ID: 6200149
Filing Date: 2001-03-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for connecting a first circuit board to a second circuit board, said electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing having a first wall and a second wall extending from a first end to a second end and defining a top face, a slot in said top face extending from said first end to said second end between said first and second walls for receiving said first circuit board therein, terminal cavities disposed in at least one of said first wall and said second wall adjacent to said slot, and a recess in at least one of said first end and said second end, said recess being defined at least in part by a pair of spaced apart recess walls;a plurality of terminals disposed in said terminal cavities, each of said terminals having a contact portion extending into said slot for contacting conductive pads on said first circuit board when received in said slot and a tail portion extending out of said insulative housing to contact conductors of said second circuit board;a lever rotatably mounted in said recess at said at least one of said first end and said second end of said insulative housing, said lever being configured for rotational movement in a first plane to affect a position of the first circuit board in said slot, said lever including first and second oppositely facing sidewalls and a support arm projecting from each of said first and second sidewalls, each support arm having a vertical surface spaced from the sidewalls and configured such that each recess wall of said housing is interposed between one of the lever sidewalls and a respective one of said vertical surfaces for limiting movement of said lever outside of said first plane.