Patent ID: 7351106
Filing Date: 2008-04-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector mounted on an external printed circuit board and mating with a complementary connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a front mating face extending in a first direction and a mounting face, a receiving cavity and a plurality of passageways extending rearwardly from the mating face and communicating with the receiving cavity; an inner module received in the receiving cavity, comprising: an inner printed circuit board extending along a lengthwise direction of the housing perpendicular to the first direction; a front contact module mounted on a front end of the inner printed circuit board, the front contact module having a front insulative block and a plurality of front contacts mounted thereon and extending into corresponding passageways; a rear contact module mounted on a rear end of the inner printed circuit board and electrically connected to the front contact module, the rear contact module having a rear insulative block and a plurality of rear contacts fixed on the rear insulative block mounted on both the inner printed circuit board and the external printed circuit board, a pair of protrusions extending from a rear end of the front insulative block and a front end of the rear insulative block, respectively, an elongated groove being defined in an inner side of each protrusion, opposite side edges of the inner circuit board are inserted into opposite grooves of the front insulative block and the rear insulative block and supported by the front insulative block and the rear insulative block, thereby fixing the inner circuit board reliably and ensuring electrical connection between the front contacts and the rear contacts.