Patent ID: 6551120
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: G06F,H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An apparatus for securing two electrical connectors together, the apparatus comprising:a base, which essentially surrounds an electrical connected portion of an essentially upright printed circuit card and a circuit board connector when connected; a snaplet arrangement, integrally attached to the base, which secures the base to the circuit board connector; and at least one guiding ledge which supports connection of an electrical edge portion connector of the printed circuit card to the circuit board connector; and a single means far locking the connectors together, the means for locking including a slider, which sits in a hollow formed by the base, a locking tab, integrally connected to the slider, which fits into a slot formed between a main body of the circuit card and an extension therefrom, and a handle, integrally connected to the slider, by which the slider may be moved back and forth in the hollow axially along the base so as to engage and disengage the locking tab with the slot, the slider having an index ball, integrally connected to the slider, which indicates whether the means for locking is in a locking position by fitting into a locking slot cut into the base.