Patent ID: 7497701

Claim:
An electrical connector, for mounting on a circuit board and connecting a complementary connector, comprising: an elongated molded plastic housing is substantially elongated and integrally formed and a plurality of receiving passageways extending through a mating face and a rear end face for receiving the plurality of terminals; the circuit board defines an upper surface, a bottom surface and a plurality of conductive elements located at the upper surface; a tail portion of each terminal extending outwardly from the rear end face for mounting on the conductive elements of the circuit board; a plurality of retention portions extending backwardly from the rear end face; a pair of first retention portions disposed at two lateral sides of the insulative housing and a second retention portion located between the pair of first retention portions; each of the first and second retention portions defines a receiving slot; the receiving slots of the first retention portions are of transversal U-shape and opposite to each other for securely receiving the circuit board to avoid the transversal movement of the circuit board and approximate coplanar with the tail portions of the terminals; a supporting means are a plurality of rigid discontinuous support boards extending horizontally outward from the rear end face and locating between the plurality of retention means; each support board defines an inclined surface at corner adjacent to the tail portions of the terminals for guiding the insertion of the circuit board; the support boards are lower than the plane in which the tail portions locates, and the distance between the support boards and the tail portions of the terminals are about the thickness of the circuit board; and when the circuit board is inserted into the receiving slot of the first and second retention portions, the plurality of the support boards just resist against the bottom face; the circuit board is free from being warped and distorted due to the generated high temperature when the tail portions of the terminals are soldered with the conductive elements of the circuit board; a reliable electrical connection is established; wherein the support means is below the tail portions of the terminals.