Patent ID: 6951484
Filing Date: 2005-10-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector comprising: a housing having opposite front and rear ends, a forwardly open mount space extending rearwardly into the housing and having a forwardly facing back end surface, a plurality of towers projecting forwardly into the mount space from the back end surface thereof, each said tower having first and second spaced apart sidewalls having opposed inner surfaces defining a cavity therebetween and opposed outer surfaces defining a width for the tower, a tab hole at a front end of the tower providing communication into the cavity, each said tower having at least one opening extending completely between the first and second sidewalls of the tower, a plurality of resiliently deflectable locks formed unitarily with the housing and cantilevered forwardly from the back end surface of the mount space and associated respectively with the towers, each said lock being opposed to at least a rear portion of the opening of the respective tower and having a width wider than the respective cavity at locations opposed to the lock.