Patent ID: 6655976
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly comprising:a printed circuit board; an elongated housing vertically mounted on the printed circuit board and defining a mating slot along a longitudinal direction thereof; an elongated support mechanism formed along a top edge of a side wall of the housing; a plurality of contacts disposed in the housing by two sides of the mating slot; a daughter board inserted into the mating slot; and a clip attached to the housing and including a holding post locked to the daughter board, and a hook extended at one end of the clip for locking to a downward abutment face of the support mechanism; wherein said support mechanism defines an upward tapered face for compliance with a downward tapered surface of the hook during assembling the clip to the housing, and said upward tapered face extends uninterruptedly along said longitudinal direction while a plurality of recesses are spatially arranged in said support mechanism along said longitudinal direction and communicating to an exterior through said abutment face.