Patent ID: 6699070
Filing Date: 2004-03-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for mounting to a printed circuit board comprising:an elongated housing having a front surface, a rear surface, a plurality of contact-receiving passageways extending between the front and rear surfaces, and first, second and third rows of projections; a plurality of contacts secured in the contact-receiving passageways of the housing; and a locker having an inner surface being attached to the housing and a plurality of grooves depressed from the inner surface, each groove defining a protrusion, the protrusions being retained between the first and second rows of projections before the connector is mounted to the printed circuit board, and moved to securely engage with the third row of projections after the connector is mounted to the printed circuit board so as to prevent tilting of the connector relative to the printed circuit board about a lengthwise direction of the connector.