Patent ID: 6540553
Filing Date: 2003-04-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing defining a mating portion with a pair of side portions, each of said side portions defining a receiving space extending therethrough in a first direction of the corresponding side portion, said receiving space including a first receiving part in a front portion of the corresponding side portion, and a second receiving part in a rear portion of the corresponding side portion, said first receiving part and said second receiving part communicating with each other in the first direction, a recess formed in said rear portion and communicatively located beside said first receiving part transversely in a second direction of the corresponding side portion, said second direction being perpendicular to said first direction, said second receiving pan being dimensionally larger than said first receiving part in a third direction of the corresponding side portion, said third direction being perpendicular to both said first direction and said second direction; a pair of board locks respectively received within the corresponding receiving spaces, each of said board locks including a base portion received in the corresponding first receiving part, a latching section including a pair of legs extending forwardly from the base portion and latchably received within the corresponding second receiving part, and a positioning bar extending transversely from the base portion and retainably received within the corresponding recess; wherein each of said board locks further includes a board locking section extending downwardly from a bottom of the base portion and in between said latching section and said positioning bar for retaining the connector on a printed circuit board on which the housing is seated; wherein a barb coplanarly extends from a bottom edge of the base portion for reinforcing retention provided by said latching section.