Patent ID: 6722920
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly comprising:an electric card forming a plurality of conductive traces both on an upper face and a lower face thereof, and a pair of through holes defined therein; an insulative housing comprising a main body and a pair of support portions extending from opposite ends of the main body, each support portion defining a groove on a top face thereof, and a receiving hole defined in the support portion from a bottom face of the groove; an upper row of contacts and a lower row of contacts accommodated in the housing, the contacts electrically contacting the corresponding conductive traces of the upper and lower faces of the electrical card; and a pair of securement devices assembled into the receiving holes of the support portions and the through holes of the electric card, each securement device comprising a base portion abutting against the top face of the support portion, a protrusion protruding downwardly from the base portion and received into the groove of the support portion for preventing the securement device from rotating, and a pair of opposite resilient legs extending downwardly from the protrusion of the securement device, each leg having an engaging face abutting against the lower face of the electric card to fix the electric card with the housing.