Patent ID: 6485320
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A connector assembly comprising:a socket; a fastening device including a frame surrounding the socket, a lever pivotally mounted to a first side of the frame, and a metal clip movably mounted to an opposite second side of the frame; the frame including a pair of locating slots defined at opposite ends of the first side and a pair of locating grooves defined at opposite ends of the second side, each groove having a horizontal portion and an arced portion connected with the horizontal portion; the lever having a pair of locating portions received in the locating slots, a driving portion defined between the locating portions, and a handling portion bent vertically from one of the locating portions; the clip having a pair of acting portions respectively received in the locating grooves and a driving hook defined at a free end thereof; and wherein the acting portions are rotatable in the arced portions of the locating grooves and, when the driving hook is driven by the driving portion of the lever, the acting portions are slidable in the horizontal portions of the locating grooves.