Patent ID: 7988463
Filing Date: 2011-08-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector secured to a printed circuit board (PCB) having a plurality of welding areas on an upward face thereof and a plurality of through holes running through the PCB, comprising: an elongate insulative housing defining a mating face and a mounting face opposite to the mating face, a plurality of blocks protruding from the mounting face; a plurality of contacts assembled to the insulative housing and each contact defining a contacting portion connecting with a mating connector, a retaining portion retained in the insulative housing and a soldering portion welding to the welding areas of the PCB; wherein a plurality of board-lock pieces made of metal material under the corresponding blocks to clip the PCB between the blocks and the board-lock pieces, a projection from one of the board-lock piece and the block inserted into one of through holes; wherein each board-lock piece defines a fixing portion received in the insulative housing, a terminal portion abutting against the PCB and a connecting portion perpendicularly connecting the fixing portion and the terminal portion, a first face of the connecting portion abutting against a side face of the PCB which perpendicular to the upward face and a second face of the connecting portion opposite to the first face abutting against the mounting face opposite to the upward face; wherein each terminal portion defining a first tuber protruding from an upward face thereof and received in the through hole of the PCB, the first tuber is configured with round-point; wherein each fixing portion is fixed in the insulative housing by a second tuber of a round-point shaped protruding from the fixing portion.