Patent ID: 6716056
Filing Date: 2004-04-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector comprising a plurality of terminals, a plastic housing, and an upper cover;each of said terminals including a front half formed into a generally horizontal conductive section having an elastically bent configuration, and a rear half formed into a vertical piercing section having pointed upper ends; said plastic housing being internally preformed with a plurality of terminal slots, into each of which said conductive section of one said terminal is positioned; a front end of said plastic housing being an opening, into which another corresponding connector is plugged to electrically connect with said conductive sections of said terminals; a rear part of said plastic housing being formed into an open-topped rear opening, said rear opening being provided at upper ends of two sidewalls with two downward extended locating slots, a retaining block being provided on an inner surface of an inner sidewall of each said locating slot; and a plurality of vertical dividing walls being equally spaced between said two locating slots to form a passage between any two said dividing walls that are adjacent to each other, so that said piercing sections of said terminals may be slid into said plastic housing via said passages; and said upper cover including a horizontal top plate for correspondingly closing the open top of said rear opening of said plastic housing, and a vertical back wall downward extended from a rear edge of said top plate for closing said rear opening of said plastic housing; two locating blocks being downward extended from two rear outer ends of said top plate for inserting into said locating slots on said plastic housing to be held thereto by said retaining blocks; a plurality of hold-down blocks being spaced at an underside of said top plate between said two locating blocks to correspond to said passages formed on said plastic housing, each of said hold-down blocks being provided at a lower surface with upward extended engaging slots for engaging with said pointed tops of said piercing sections of said terminals; and said back wall being provided at a lower edge with a plurality of curved recesses for confining and pressing wires against said piercing sections of said terminals.