Patent ID: 7883344
Filing Date: 2011-02-08
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: dielectric housing, such housing having an elongated, vertically extending portion and a base, the base having a pair of base sections extending laterally beyond the elongated, vertically extending portion; an array of electrical terminals extending through the elongated, vertically extending portion and the base; wherein a distal end of the elongated, vertically extending portion is configured to have inserted therein an electrical unit with electrical contacts of the unit making electrical contact with vertically extending distal ends of the electrical terminals; wherein proximal ends of the terminals are adapted to be soldered to electrical contacts disposed on a surface of a printed circuit board with the proximal ends of the terminals extending horizontally outwardly from the base; wherein the base is adapted to mount to the planar surface of the printed circuit; wherein the housing has slots in sidewalls thereof and; a pair of dust cover members having tabs inserted into the slots in the sidewalls of the housing.