Patent ID: 6030249
Filing Date: 2000-02-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A combination of an electrical connector and a circuit board, comprising:a molded polymer housing having opposite vertically-extending first and second side walls that are spaced in a lateral direction and having at least a top wall with said housing forming a longitudinally forwardly opening plug-receiving cavity between them that opens in a forward longitudinal direction, said first side wall having a vertical slot therein that includes a main slot part that is elongated in said longitudinal direction and that extends vertically completely through the first wall and a lateral slot part that is narrow and is elongated in said lateral direction and that extends perpendicular to said main slot part and that opens to said cavity;a sheet metal holder that has a main part lying in said longitudinal vertical plane and extending through said slot main part and having a lower part fastened to said circuit board, said holder having a strike that extends from said slot main part and that is bent about a vertical axis and that projects through said lateral slot part and into said cavity and that forms a rearwardly-facing strike surface at one side of said cavity.