Patent ID: 6655997
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:a plurality of elongate contacts, each of said contacts connected to a printed circuit board having a solder point at one end, a deflectable wiping connecting element at the other end, and an elongate body therebetween, said elongate body including a deflectable tang extending therefrom; an insulative housing defining a plurality cavities for removably insertably receiving said elongate contact, said housing including a plurality of locking shoulders, for engaging said plurality of deflectable tang, and a tang access aperture defined by said housing extending in a direction substantially parallel to said a plurality of cavities, said plurality of tang access apertures communicating with said a plurality of cavities for rendering said plurlity of deflectable tangs; a removal tool; wherein said a plurality of contacts is insertable into said a plurality of cavities of said housing in an insertion direction, said plurality deflectable tangs being insertable into interfering engagement with said plurality of locking shoulders, so as to prevent movement of said a plurality of contact in a removal direction opposite to said insertion direction, and wherein said plurality of deflectable tangs deflectively engageable by said removal tool inserted through said plurality of said plurality of tang access apertures away from interfering engagement with said locking shoulder whereby said a plurality of contacts may be removed from said housing in said removal direction.