Patent ID: 6764338
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for being received in an opening formed in a printed circuit board, comprising:an insulative housing comprising a flat top face, a bottom face opposite to the top face, a mating face, a flat rear face opposite to the mating face, and a plurality of terminal passageways extending through the mating and the rear faces; a plurality of terminals each comprising a mating portion received in the terminal passageway, a connect portion and a tail portion extending downwardly from the connect portion; and a spacer defining a plurality of first grooves, a plurality of second grooves and a bottom face, each first groove communicating with a corresponding second groove and receiving the connect portion of the terminal, each second groove receiving the tail portion of one terminal extending thereby, the bottom face of the spacer being located above the bottom face of the housing, wherein a top portion of the mating face being rearwardly configured around junction between the top face and the mating face, wherein the insulative housing comprises an annular recess extending rearwardly from the mating face and a mating portion extending into the recess, wherein an inner shell is received in the annular recess and a circular front edge of the inner shellis rearward trimmed for compliance with the rearwardly curved configuration of the front face of the housing.