Patent ID: 6468109
Filing Date: 2002-10-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways; a plurality of conductive contacts received in the passageways; and a plurality of board lock devices being assembled to respective ends of the insulative housing and having a first member adapted for electrically engaging with a complementary connector and a second member adapted for latching the electrical connector to a circuit board, the second member conductively contacting with and being separable from the first member; wherein the insulative housing forms a pair of side wings at opposite sides thereof and each side wing defines a plurality of through holes and forms a pair of projections and a positioning block; wherein the board lock devices are assembled with the side wings of the insulative housing; wherein the first member of each board lock has a retaining body, a resilient beam and a contact portion extending from opposite ends of the retaining body; wherein the retaining body has a first section forming several barbs, and a second section vertical to the first section; wherein the contact portion of the first member extends from a lower portion of one end of the second section, and a latch extends from an upper portion of the one end of the second section and opposite to the contact portion; wherein the contact portion of the first member forms a curved contact beam; wherein the second member has a body portion for conductively contacting the curved contact beam of the first member, a pair of bifurcated legs depending downward from a lower end of the body portion for latching into the circuit board, and a pair of upper and lower arms extending from one side edge of the body portion for fitting into corresponding through holes of the side wing of the insulative housing.