Patent ID: 7857650

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an elongated housing having a front portion and a rear portion; a printed circuit board enclosed in the housing; a latching mechanism including a locking member and an actuating member, the locking member includes a retaining portion, a locking portion extending rearwardly from the retaining portion, a ramp connecting to a back edge of the locking portion, the retaining portion engaging with the front portion of the housing, the actuating member surrounding the rear portion of the housing and having an inclined pressing tab on a top side thereof disposed adjacent to the ramp of the locking member; a rearward movement of the actuating member bringing the pressing tab to slide along the ramp and downwardly press the ramp to lower the locking portion of the locking member; a pair of tongues extending from the housing; a spring member rearwardly projects from a back edge of a lateral side of the actuating member and abuts against a corresponding flange formed on the rear portion of the housing; the locking member further includes a planar mediate portion connected with the ramp and an inclined supporting portion slantwise extending from the mediate portion to sandwich said locking portion therebetween; the printed circuit board includes a mating portion, a mounting portion and a mediate portion, the mounting portion is combined with the rear portion of housing and extends into a space between the two tongues.