Patent ID: 6346013
Filing Date: 2002-02-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector adapted for being retained between a printed circuit board and a fixing portion of an electrical device, comprising:an insulative housing having a top wall and opposite sidewalls, the housing defining a longitudinal plug-insertion hole, a plurality of contact-receiving grooves being defined in an inner side of the top wall and inner sides of the side walls in a top-to-bottom direction and parallel to the plug-insertion hole, and a plurality of retaining grooves perpendicularly communicating with front ends of the contact-receiving grooves; and a plurality of contacts received in the contact-receiving grooves, each contact including a base, a projecting portion projecting from the base to latch in the housing, and a tail portion downwardly and inwardly extending from the base for resiliently and electrically engaging with the circuit board, at least one of the plurality of contacts having a locating tab bent from the base thereof and retained in the retaining groove of the housing for preventing movement of the contact relative to the housing in the top-to-bottom direction.