Patent ID: 6695625
Filing Date: 2004-02-24
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly, comprising:a plurality of carrier strips each comprising a row of conductive terminals, and each further comprising a row of connecting sections respectively connecting the terminals with a main body of the carrier strip; an electrical connector comprising an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways for receiving corresponding terminal therein, the housing comprising a plurality of sidewalls, at least one of the sidewalls defining a plurality of recesses and thereby forming a plurality of projections; wherein the connecting sections of at least one of the carrier strips can be received in corresponding recess for facilitating installation of the terminals of the at least one carrier strip in corresponding passageways of the housing; wherein each of the projections comprises an inmost first surface for abutting an electronic package, a top second surface, and a chamfered surface between the first surface and the second surface; wherein the connector assembly further comprising a plurality of blocks for fittingly engaging in the recesses of the at least one sidewalls respectively after the main body of the carrier strip being removed; wherein a configuration of each of the blocks is similar to a configuration of each of the projections.