Patent ID: 9202527
Filing Date: 2015-12-01
Classification: G11B,H01R

Abstract:
1. An interface connector comprising: a reach portion extending from a body portion to a distal end; electrical contacts at the distal end of the reach portion; a blind alignment member defining nonparallel opposing tapered sides extending continuously from a distal end of the blind alignment member to a distal end of the reach portion; and a retainer operably imparting a bias that retains the interface connector in a data storage device that is recessed within an enclosure, the body portion being operably flush mounted to the enclosure, the retainer having a spring clip with a free end laterally constrained within a channel defined by the blind alignment member restricting movement of the free end between moving toward an outer wall of the channel at an outwardly biased position and moving toward the reach portion at an inwardly biased position, the spring clip having a lobe contactingly engaging a deflector such as the enclosure or the data storage device, the lobe contactingly engaging the deflector during insertion of the serial connector to move the free end to the inwardly biased position and the lobe clearingly disengaging the deflector when the serial connector is fully inserted moving the spring clip to the outwardly biased position.