Patent ID: 6019632
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector having a mount, said connector including a connector body secured to a circuit board of an electrical appliance and having a housing comprising an outer casing, said housing having a mating connector socket positioned in and spaced from a connector opening formed in a panel plate of said electrical appliance, said mount comprising a clamp holder made of a resin and having a fitting portion fitted on the outer circumference of said housing of the connector body secured to the circuit board, said fitting portion adapted to be fixed to said panel plate in the state of said fitting portion being fitted on said outer circumference of said housing of the connector body so that said clamp holder made of the resin, said housing of the connector body and said panel plate are integrally fixed to one another, wherein said clamp holder is mounted on said housing of the connector body by lowering the clamp holder from above onto said housing of the connector body, sliding gateposts of said clamp holder along side surfaces of said housing to bring them into abutment thereagainst and to urge a ceiling portion of the clamp holder against an upper surface of said housing, inserting male fastening means from outside of the panel plate through fixing apertures of said panel plate into anchoring apertures of said clamp holder and screwing said male fastening means into female fastening means received in receiving cavities formed in the clamp holder.