Patent ID: 6261132
Filing Date: 2001-07-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A header connector comprising:an insulative housing having a bottom wall, and a first side wall and a second side wall projecting upwardly from two opposite sides of the bottom wall respectively, the bottom wall having a plurality of receiving holes defined therethrough, each receiving hole having two opposite end portions aligned in a first direction and an intermediate portion, a width and a length of said intermediate portion are greater than a width and a length of each end portion; anda plurality of planar pins each having a contact portion, a tail portion and a retaining portion, the contact portion passing through the intermediate portion of the receiving hole without making contact therewith, the tail portion extending downwardly from the retaining portion for reception in a corresponding hole in a printed circuit board, the retaining portion having a retention mechanism formed on a planar surface thereof and projected in a second direction perpendicular to said first direction for interferentially engaging with inner walls of the end portions of the receiving hole.