Patent ID: 7074070
Filing Date: 2006-07-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a plug connector including a dielectric body which has at least two rows of male contact receiving holes extending therethrough and a passageway defined between the two rows of male contact receiving holes, a plurality of male contacts held in the respective male contact receiving holes, and a male latch mechanism mounted in said passageway; and a receptacle connector including a dielectric housing which has a receiving cavity and at least two rows of protruding pillars disposed in the receiving cavity, with each pillar defining at least one female contact receiving hole extending therethrough, a plurality of female contacts held in the respective female contact receiving holes, and a female latch mechanism positioned in the receiving cavity and between said two rows of protruding pillars; wherein the male latch mechanism has two latch arms and a flexible beam flexibly connecting the two latch arms, each latch arm having a hook at a front end thereof and a force receiving portion; wherein the female latch mechanism has an engaging component at the free end thereof; wherein when the plug connector is inserted in the receiving cavity of the receptacle connector and the force receiving portion of the male latch mechanism are exerted by a force, the flexible beam is flexed, whereby the hooks are deflected from their original positions to engage with the engaging component of the female latch mechanism, thereafter, when the force is removed from the force receiving portions, resilience of the flexible beam urges the hooks to recover their original positions to thereby engages the hooks with the engaging component.