Patent ID: 6648687
Filing Date: 2003-11-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A method for mounting a connector on a printed circuit board, comprising:(a) providing a connector having a housing of insulating material with a plurality of contact elements; (b) providing a printed circuit board having a plurality of through holes; (c) mounting the connector on the printed circuit board; (d) providing a shielding plate having contact ends at a back end and contact portions near a front end; and (e) mounting the shielding plate on the printed circuit board by inserting the contact ends into through holes of the printed circuit board, wherein the housing is provided having at least one channel at a front end portion thereof, the channel being closed at a front end and open at a back end, and further wherein the shielding plate is mounted on the printed circuit board by first inserting its front end into the at least one channel until the contact ends are at least substantially aligned with the through holes of the printed circuit board and thereafter inserting the contact ends into the through holes of the printed circuit board, the front end of the housing being substantially covered by a portion of the shielding plate, the shielding plate being provided with a bend near its front end wherein the front end of the shielding plate is inserted into the at least one channel until the bend meets the back end of the channel, wherein the bend is located such that the contact ends will be aligned with the through holes of the printed circuit board when the bend is located at the back end of the channel and when a force is exerted on a back half of the shielding plate the bend is deformed where it contacts the back end of the channel to allow the front end of the shielding plate to slide further into the channel towards the front end of the channel and the contact ends to be inserted into the through holes.