Patent ID: 6305984
Filing Date: 2001-10-23
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising:a contact terminal member;a housing formed from a single sheet of metal and having top, side wall and bottom portions so as to form a box enclosing said contact terminal member, said bottom portion being a double bottom portion having an upper bottom portion and a lower bottom portion reinforcingly disposed to engage each other, a free end of said lower bottom portion being bent upward and then backward so as to have a substantially C-shaped cross section, an upper part of said C-shaped cross section engaging a slot formed in said side wall portion of said housing;a cable connector insertion port formed at a front end of said housing;a plurality of legs integrally formed with said housing and disposed so as to extend in a downward direction from side rear edges of said bottom portion of said housing, said legs to be inserted in a plurality of holes formed on a printed circuit board; anda front leg integrally formed with said housing and disposed so as to extend in a downward direction from a bottom edge of said housing, said front integrated leg to be inserted in a hole formed on said printed circuit board so as to fixedly mount a front end of said connector on said printed circuit board.