Patent ID: 6086403
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A board-to-board connector comprising:a female portion including an insulating housing having a front surface and top surface perpendicular to the front surface, a lateral slot defined in each outer end of the housing, a plurality of parallel slots defined between said lateral slots, and a lateral wall separating each said lateral slot from each adjacent parallel slot, each slot being exposed to a front parallel opening in the front surface and a top parallel opening in the top surface;a plurality of conductive contacts received in said housing, one contact projecting into each said parallel slot;a male portion including a casing having two opposite end walls joined by a base wall on one side and a rear wall perpendicular to the base wall;a plurality of conductive plate contacts protruding from said casing parallel to and between said end walls said female portion electrically connecting to the male portion with the base wall of the male portion being located above the top surface of the female portion; andinterlocking means defining at least one horizontal positioning recess and at least one vertical positioning recess intersecting said at least one horizontal positioning recess in each lateral wall of said female portion, and forming at least one positioning protrusion on each said end wall of said male portion which corresponds to a respective positioning recess, the horizontal positioning recess extending from the front surface of the insulating housing of the female portion to a rear periphery of the lateral slot of the female portion, and the vertical positioning recess extending from the top surface of the insulating housing of the female portion to a bottom periphery of the lateral slot of the female portion and the positioning protrusion being shaped to be snugly received in the respective positioning recess for effectively resisting a bending moment occurring therebetween.