Patent ID: 6406320
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing comprising a base, longitudinally spaced apart opposite end portions and laterally spaced apart upstanding opposite sides; a plurality of electrical terminals mounted in the insulative housing; a pair of latches each comprising a latching portion adapted for latching to a complementary electrical component, a curved assembling portion and a transitional portion therebetween, the curved assembling portions being assembled to the base of the insulative housing; and a pair of boardlocks adapted for mounting to a printed circuit board, each boardlock having a body portion retained in corresponding end portion of the insulative housing, and a retaining leg extending from the body portion, the retaining legs retaining the assembling portions of the latches to the base; wherein each of the end portions of the insulative housing defines a slot recessed from a bottom face of the base, and the curved assembling portions of the latches each has a pivotal section received in the slot of the end portion and retained by the retaining leg; wherein each of said transitional portions is a trapezoid-shaped plate, and the latching portion extends upwardly from the upper section of the transitional portion and is generally inwardly curved; wherein the curved assembling portion comprises a pair of spaced leg sections extending from opposite sides of the lower section of each transitional portion and connected by the pivotal section, the leg sections of each assembling portion overlying opposite sides of the end portion.