Patent ID: 6146180
Filing Date: 2000-11-14
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector that has a dielectric frame with a main frame portion having laterally spaced sides, vertically spaced top and bottom, and longitudinally-spaced front and rear ends, said frame having a pair of latch arms that project forwardly from said main frame portion and that have laterally-spaced forward ends that can be resiliently deflected closer together, and a locking mechanism that can be manually operated to prevent the arms from deflecting closer together to thereby lock the arm forward ends to a mating connector device, with said latch arms each having an inner side closest to the other latch arm and an outer side furthest from the other latch arm, wherein:said connector has a pair of auxiliary contact-holding passages that each include a bore projecting longitudinally through said frame main portion and including:a pair of auxiliary contacts each having a mating end lying at the outer side of one of said latch arms and a rear portion lying at least partially in one of said bores.