Patent ID: 6561825
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y02P,Y10S

Abstract:
An electrical assembly to be picked up by a vacuum suction nozzle, comprising:an electrical connector comprising: a base defining a plurality of openings; a plurality of conductive contacts being received and retained in the openings of the base; a cover being movably mounted to the base and defining a plurality of holes corresponding to the openings of the base; and an actuator being mounted to the base and the cover for driving the cover with respect to the base; and a vacuum pick up cap comprising a body portion adapted to be sucked by a vacuum suction nozzle, and a plurality of legs extending from the body portion, the legs engaging the base and the cover; wherein the cover defines a plurality of slits for extension of the legs, a pair of flanges extending from the cover and each defining a plurality of channels communicating with the slits to receive the legs, and the base forming a plurality of protrusions extending into the channels to engage and retain the legs; wherein each flange of the cover defines a cavity communicating with the channel and each defining a first bottom supporting the protrusion of the base, and each channel having a second bottom below the first bottom of the cavity for partially accommodating the corresponding leg; wherein each leg comprises a hook section extending below the first bottom of the cavity and engaging the protrusion to retain the vacuum pick up cap on the electrical connector.