Patent ID: 8162687
Filing Date: 2012-04-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly for connecting a mating connector to a plurality of circuits on a circuit board, comprising: a housing including a mating face and a mounting face, the mating face including at least one circuit-card receiving slot disposed thereon; a plurality of conductive terminals supported by the housing, each of the plurality of terminals including a contact portion and a tail portion disposed at opposing ends thereof, the contact portion of the plurality of conductive terminals being disposed on opposite sides of the circuit-card receiving slot and the tail portion being disposed along the mounting face; and a connector guide including a including a first wall, a second wall and a third wall that collectively define an enclosure with a front edge that defines a beginning of the enclosure and a rear edge that defines an end of the enclosure, the enclosure having an area that extends from the front edge to the rear edge, the first and second walls including body portions opposing each other, the first and second walls further including bottom portions that extend away from the body portions for contacting the circuit board to which the connector guide is mounted; the connector guide further including a press arm formed in the third wall and extending rearward of the rear edge of the enclosure and extending at least partially into an extension of the area defined by the first, second, and third walls, the press arm having a free end configured to contact an opposing portion of a plug connector when the plug connector is inserted into the connector guide.