Patent ID: 6168464
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A combination of a connector and a mother board, said connector including an elongated insulative housing defining two rows of contacts with solder tails extending out of a front surface and rear surface of the housing, respectively, at least a securement section provided about one end of the housing and including a pair of mounting pads with a corresponding pair of respective horizontally extending solder sections protruding out of the front surface and the rear surface, respectively, and a vertically extending hold down having legs positioned in alignment with and between said pair of solder sections under a condition that a first distance between the hold down leg to one solder section is generally equal to that between the hold down leg to the other solder section, said mother board including a pair of aligned solder traces and a hole corresponding to the solder sections and the holdown wherein a second distance between the hole and one solder trace is generally equal to that between said hole and the other solder trace.