Patent ID: 6579109
Filing Date: 2003-06-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector having an associated card-ejecting means, the connector comprising:a base defining insert plates extending upwardly therefrom and a groove at a top surface thereof, wherein the groove comprising first, second and third sections connected end by end and having different depths; a header comprising an insulating housing and a plurality of terminals retained to the housing, the housing being assembled on the base arid comprising a mating surface and a soldering surface opposite to the mating surface, the terminals being assembled within the housing and each comprising a mating portion extending beyond the mating surface of the housing and a solder portion extending beyond the soldering surface of the housing; a pair of guiding devices, assembled at each of two opposite sides of the housing, each guiding device comprising a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall, a side wall, a guiding portion, a stopper formed in the guiding portion and a resilient member assembled to the guiding portion, the housing being arranged between the stoppers and the resilient members and abutting against the resilient members; and a sliding member coupled between the housing and the base and slidable in sequence along the first, second and third sections of the groove of the base; wherein said insert plates are retained in through holes in said side walls; wherein the mating portions of the terminals each have a needle configuration; wherein the housing defines a receiving slot in a bottom surface thereof and a positioning post extending downwardly from the housing and protruding into the receiving slot; wherein the sliding member defines a hole at an end through a top surface and a bottom surface thereof, the positioning post fitting into the hole, a protruding tip being formed on the bottom surface of an end of the sliding member opposite the hole; wherein the housing forms a guiding block at each of two sides thereof for mating with the guiding portion of a corresponding guiding device; wherein the tip extends into the groove.