Patent ID: 6790075
Filing Date: 2004-09-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A Serial ATA interface connector comprising:a connector body; a plurality of terminals mounted in said connector body, said terminals including short terminals and long terminals alternatively arranged in parallel, said terminals each having an endpiece extended out of a rear side of said connector body and terminating in a respective vertically extended conductor holder, said conductor holder having an upwardly extended Y-shaped retaining notch; a bottom cover shell adapted to accommodate said connector body, said bottom cover shell comprising a rear cable chamber, a plurality of positioning holes adapted to accommodate the conductor holders of said terminals, and a plurality of upright hooks symmetrically disposed at two opposite lateral sides; a Serial ATA interface cable inserted into the rear cable chamber of said bottom cover shell, said Serial ATA interface comprising a plurality of conductors respectively engaged into the Y-shaped retaining notches of the conductor holders of said terminals; and a top cover shell covered on said bottom cover shell to hold down said connector body and said Serial ATA interface cable, said top cover shell comprising a cable chamber adapted to accommodate said Serial ATA interface cable, and a plurality of hook holes respectively fastened to the upright hooks of said bottom cover shell.