Patent ID: 7381068
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A receptacle connector comprising: a body having a first connecting unit, a second connecting unit and a plurality of separation portions formed between the first connecting unit and the second connecting unit, a set of receiving troughs being formed among the separation portions, a plurality of fillisters being defined on the second connecting unit adjacent to the receiving troughs, two fixed troughs being respectively defined on the outer sides of the body; terminals, each having an upright first contact portion and a first connecting portion extending horizontally from the bottom of the first contact portion, the first contact portion being received in the corresponding fillister, the first connecting portion being received in the corresponding receiving trough; a housing having a bottom wall, a top wall, two sidewalls and two retainers which are defined between the sidewalls and connected with the bottom wall and the top wall to form a cavity for receiving the body and two locking grooves at two sides of the cavity, the retainers defining two fixed portions respectively, each sidewall defining a position unit in the middle thereof with a guide unit formed in front of the position unit; and a dustproof cover having a plate, two receiving grooves at the opposite sides of the plate and two fixed arms extending outward and then rearward from two laterally opposite sides of the plate; wherein the fixed portions are received in the fixed troughs of the body respectively, the position unit further comprising a position groove in the middle of the position unit and two position portions at the opposite sides of the position groove, the guide unit further comprising a guide groove in the middle of the guide unit, with two abutting portions at the opposite sides of the guide groove, each fixed arm defining a guide portion extending inward from the end thereof with two abutting blocks protruding inward from inner side thereof and lying adjacent to the guide portion respectively, the guide portion being slidably received in the position unit along the guide groove, the rear portion of the guide portion being received in the position groove, the front portion of the guide portion is partly received in the guide groove, the abutting blocks being received between the position unit and the guide unit with the rear portions thereof pressed against the abutting portions, the receiving grooves covered on the locking grooves.