Patent ID: 6722923
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways; a plurality of conductive terminals having one ends thereof received in the passageways of the insulative housing and the other ends thereof extending beyond the insulative housing; a metal shielding shell assembled onto the insulative housing; and a spacer defining a plurality of positioning holes for retaining the other ends of the conductive terminals in position; wherein the spacer is mounted onto the insulative housing by means of the engagement between a plurality of guiding posts and hollow posts, each hollow post being divided into plural elastic arms, the guiding posts being formed on one of the insulative housing and the spacer, and the hollow posts being formed on the other of the insulative housing and the spacer, each guiding post being received in a corresponding hollow post by means of the engagement between a protrusion and a recess, the protrusion being formed on one of the periphery of the guiding post and an inner side of the hollow post, and the recess being defined in the other of the periphery of the guiding post and the inner side of the hollow post; wherein the insulative housing comprising a mating surface and a plurality of mating tongues, the mating surface defining inwardly a mating cavity, the mating tongues being received in the mating cavity and arranged in two rows, and said passageways are defined in opposite side surfaces of the mating tongues; wherein the insulative housing comprises a pair of supporting sections respectively and symmetrically formed on opposite ends thereof, each supporting section defining a bole adapted for receiving a corresponding guiding portion of a mating connector; wherein said guiding post is formed between the mating cavity and a corresponding supporting section of the insulative housing; wherein said recess is a circumferential recess formed in the periphery of the guiding post, and said protrusion is a loop-shaped protrusion formed on the inner side of the hollow post; wherein each guiding post forms a chamfer at the free end thereof; wherein each hollow post is vertically quadrisected into four elastic arms along two axes perpendicular to each other.