Patent ID: 6680434
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y02P

Abstract:
A terminal locating means assembly comprising:a housing having a top wall, a rear wall and a pair of side walls, and defining a passageway therein, a pair of ribs respectively protruding inwardly from lower portions of the two side walls and defining a pair grooves; and a conductive terminal having a planar soldering portion, and a pair of fins extending and bending upwardly from two lateral sides of the soldering portion, respectively, wherein the terminal is received in the housing, the pair of fins elastically engaging in the two grooves, respectively, and after the housing with the terminal is picked up and placed on a printed circuit board (PCB), the terminal is soldered to the PCB, then the housing is removed from the PCB to separate from the terminal.