Patent ID: RE42075

Claim:
An electrical connector for mounting to a circuit board and for receiving a mating connector in a mating direction, comprising: a dielectric housing receiving a plurality of contacts therein and comprising a pair of latching members outwardly extending from opposite ends thereof, and a pair of retention members, each retention member comprising a planar latching portion for being secured to a corresponding latching member in a latching direction perpendicular to the mating direction, and a mounting portion perpendicular to the latching portion for being surface mounted to the circuit board; wherein the mating direction is parallel to the circuit board; wherein each latching member defines a recess exposed to a bottom face thereof and forms a projection integrally extending downwardly into the recess in the latching direction; and wherein a cutout is centrally defined in a top edge of the latching portion of each retention member for securely receiving the projection of the corresponding latching member therein in the latching direction thereby securely fixing the retention member in the latching member.