Patent ID: 6250938
Filing Date: 2001-06-26
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for connecting conductive pads on a daughter circuit board to conductors on mother circuit board comprising:an insulative housing having side walls defining an elongated groove for receiving the daughter circuit board therein, said housing defining terminal cavities along the elongated groove, an ejector recess at one end of the elongated groove, and a fastener-receiving opening in communication with said recess;terminals mounted in said terminal cavities having a contact portion extending into the elongated groove for engaging a respective conductive pad on the daughter circuit board and a tail portion extending out of the housing for engaging a respective conductor on the mother circuit board;a fastener having an anchoring section for anchoring the fastener in said fastener-receiving opening of the housing, an engaging section for engaging the mother circuit board to fasten the connector to the mother circuit board and an ejector-retaining section which comprises opposed beams extending upwardly from said anchoring section of said fastener, each opposed beam of the ejector-retaining section including a free end which forms a protrusion; andan ejector having a body forming an ejection surface and detents, each detent engaging one of the protrusions to pivotally retain said ejector in said ejector recess, the ejector being pivotally mounted on the ejector-retaining section of the fastener within the ejector recess of the housing such that when the ejector is pivoted, the ejection surface pushes the daughter circuit board in a direction away from the elongated groove.