Patent ID: 6638105
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A board lock adapted for securing an electrical connector to a printed circuit board, comprising:a pair of conjoint parts comprising a pair of base portions conjoint with each other at upper ends thereof, a pair of retention portions extending downwardly from corresponding base portions and adapted for engaging with the electrical connector, and a pair of legs extending downwardly from corresponding retention portions adapted for engaging with the printed circuit board the pair of legs being movable toward each other to decrease a distance therebetween along a direction of movement thereof and to cause a relative movement between the pair of retention portions away from each other along the direction of movement; wherein the pair of conjoint parts of the board lock is identical but oriented in opposite directions to be mirror images of each other; wherein the pair of retention portions of the board lock extend downwardly and transversely from corresponding base portions to partly overlap each other; wherein each retention portion has a plurality of retention barbs formed on a side edge thereof for frictionally engaging with the electrical connector; wherein each leg first slightly bends outwardly and then bends inwardly at a free end thereof; wherein the free end of each leg forms an outside projection adapted for engaging a hole defined in the printed circuit board.