Patent ID: 6109966
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for being received in a cutout formed in a circuit board, comprising:an insulative housing having a mating face, a mounting face opposite the mating face, a pair of lateral faces, a bottom face between and below the mating, mounting and lateral faces, and a plurality of terminal passageways defined between the mating face and the mounting face, the insulative housing having a support portion projecting from each lateral face of the housing for engaging an edge of the cutout formed in the circuit board;a plurality of terminals received in the passageways; anda shield partially covering outer surfaces of the housing, the shield having a pair of cutouts out of which the support portions of the housing extend, and a pair of boardlocks extending from upper edges of the cutouts of the shield, each boardlock having a horizontal portion and a vertical portion extending downward to a position above the bottom face of the housing.