Patent ID: 6468108
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for being mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising:an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways and having a pair of rearwardly extending projections, each projection defining a channel therein; a plurality of contacts received in the passageways of the housing; and a pair of board locks disposed on opposite sides of the housing, each board lock comprising a front contact portion secured to the housing for contacting with a ground contact of a complementary connector and a rear tail portion for connection with the printed circuit board, the rear tail portion including a pair of legs at a rear end thereof for being inserted into a corresponding hole of the printed circuit board and an anchoring device fittingly received and retained in the channel of a corresponding projection for preventing the legs of the tail portion of the board lock from warping upwardly when the legs are inserted into the corresponding hole of the printed circuit board wherein the anchoring device of the boardlock is L-shaped and comprises an interconnecting portion integral with the tail portion and a forwardly extending portion received in the channel of the projection.