Patent ID: 6231351
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing including an elongate base receiving a plurality of contacts therein and a pair of arms laterally extending from opposite ends of the base, the base defining a slot for receiving an edge of a card, each arm defining an aperture in an end thereof; anda pair of retention devices each including a main portion, a horizontal solder pad laterally extending from one end of the main portion, and a finger extending from an opposite end of the main portion, the finger being smaller than the aperture of the arm in size, the pair of retention devices being respectively assembled to the pair of arms of the housing, the finger being received in the aperture of the arm and being substantially upwardly and downwardly movable to ensure coplanarity between a bottom surface of the base and the horizontal solder pad; whereinthe main portion of each retention device is generally L-shaped and comprises a horizontal portion and a vertical portion; and whereineach arm of the housing forms a spring cantilever and a first branch at the end hereof having the aperture; and whereineach retention device forms a spring arm beside the horizontal portion thereof, the spring arm abutting against an outer surface of the spring cantilever and the horizontal portion abutting against an inner surface of the first branch.