Patent ID: 7896668
Filing Date: 2011-03-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector housing, comprising: a housing body having a generally box-shaped configuration with a front surface, a rear surface disposed opposite the front surface, a pair of opposing side surfaces connected to and between the front and rear surfaces, an upper surface and a lower surface disposed opposite the upper surface and connected to and between the front and rear surfaces and to and between the pair of side surfaces, the housing body having a plurality of terminal-receiving holes formed through the housing body to and between the front surface and the rear surface, a pair of rail-receiving channels with a respective one of the pair of rail-receiving channels formed into a respective one of the pair of side surfaces and at least one latch projection connected to and projecting from at least one of the pair of side surfaces and the lower surface, wherein the at least one latch projection includes a lower surface latch projection projecting from the lower surface, wherein the lower surface latch projection commences at the front surface and extends towards the rear surface and wherein the lower surface latch projection is configured, in cross-section, as a right triangle and forms a lower latch ramping surface commencing at the front surface and projecting away from the lower surface as the lower latch ramping surface extends towards the rear surface.