Patent ID: 6371802
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A header connector for mounting onto a printed circuit board,comprising: a dielectric housing having formed on and extending outwardly from a lateral side thereof at least a boardlock and a stabilizer bar, the boardlock for being interferingly engaged with the printed circuit board and the boardlock and the stabilizer bar together for preventing the housing from floating or rocking during soldering or mating; and a single row of terminal pins being retained in the housing, each terminal pin comprising a contact portion adapted for contacting a contact of a complementary connector, and a tail portion adapted for soldering into a first hole defined in the printed circuit board; wherein each boardlock forms a pair of biased legs for being interferingly inserted into a second hole defined in the printed circuit board; wherein each leg of the boardlock forms a barb tapered toward a tip end thereof for abutting against a bottom surface of the printed circuit board for preventing the housing from floating during soldering or rocking toward a second lateral side of the housing opposite the lateral side; wherein the stabilizer bar is located at a middle of the lateral side of the housing; wherein the stabilizer bar forms a horizontal bottom surface, said bottom surface being coplanar with a bottom face of the housing, for abutting a top surface of the printed circuit board for preventing the housing from leaning toward the lateral side of the housing.