Patent ID: 7387526
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing including a region with a plurality of passageways receiving a plurality of conductive terminals therein, a pair of mounting portions being respectively integrally formed on both sides of this region of passageways, each mounting portion defining a pair of plug grooves formed within said mounting portion on opposing sides of an abutting portion, a pair of retention portions being formed on each of the mounting portions; a pair of lock strips respectively inserted into the pair of plug grooves formed in each of said mounting portions from top to bottom, each lock strip including a pressing portion projecting therefrom, a pair of pressing spaces being defined between the abutting portions and inward sides of the pressing portions when assembled, wherein outward sides of the lock strips abut against inward sides of the retention potions, each of said lock strips having a latch portion extending from an end of each of the lock strips and being displaceable when a respective pressing portion is pressed; and a casing assembled to the insulative housing from top to bottom and covering tops of the lock strips.