Patent ID: 6179632
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:a housing including a pair of elongate side walls and a mating board disposed between the side walls, the elongate side walls and the mating board together defining an upper and lower receiving spaces respectively opposed to a top surface and a bottom surface of the housing, a plurality of ribs laterally extending from opposite inner surfaces of the side walls toward the mating board thereby increasing the rigidity of the side walls, the mating board forming a plurality of passageways in opposite surfaces thereof facing the side walls; anda plurality of contacts received in the housing, each contact including:a mating portion;a fixing portion extending from the mating portion and securely received in a corresponding passageway of the mating board;a slanted portion angularly extending downward from the fixing portion into the lower receiving space to prevent molten solder from wicking upward therealong; anda soldering portion extending from the slanted portion to solder to a circuit board,wherein the lower receiving space defines a recess for receiving the slanted portion of each contact therein;wherein the slanted portion of each contact is slantwise disposed between the fixing portion and the soldering portion;wherein the fixing portion is distanced a vertical height from the soldering portion;wherein the fixing portion forms a plurality of fixing protrusions on opposite edges thereof for securely engaging with a corresponding passageway;wherein each side wall forms a plurality of lateral slots in a bottom edge thereof, and wherein the soldering portions extend through the slots of the side walls to be secured therein.