Patent ID: 6056572
Filing Date: 2000-05-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector for printed circuit boards, the connector comprising:an insulating housing having a recess opened upward and a top horizontal wall;a plurality of base contacts secured in the housing at regular intervals and each having a resilient beam and a contact arm formed integral therewith;each resilient beam having a conductive protrusion disposed in the recess, and each contact arm extending along the top horizontal wall into the recess and having a retaining portion facing the conductive protrusion;an insulated pressing cover engageable with the retaining portions and shiftable between a pressing position adjacent to the conductive protrusions and an releasing open position remote therefrom;the retaining portions capable of locking the pressing cover at its pressing position to push the printed circuit board or boards against the resilient beams; anda plurality of cover contacts disposed in the pressing cover and corresponding to the base contacts, so that the retaining portions, the cover contacts and the printed circuit board or boards are electrically connected to each other at the pressing position.