Patent ID: 7309241

Claim:
An electrical connector for mounting on a circuit board, comprising: an insulative upright body having a front mating face and a rear terminating face, an engaging plate extending from the mating face of the body in a forward mating direction away from the body, an extension plate extending from the terminating face of the body in a rearward direction away from an upper distal end of the body, a plurality of terminal-receiving passages extending through the body between the front and rear faces thereof, the body being relatively thin in a front-to-rear direction, and an upper surface of the distal end of the body and an upper surface of the extension plate being coplanar to define a relatively large vacuum suction surface, said body includes a plurality of partitions projecting rearwardly from the rear face of the body between the terminal-receiving passages to define grooves aligned with the passages; and a plurality of generally L-shaped terminals extending through the terminal-receiving passages in the body, the terminals having contact portions projecting forwardly for mating with appropriate terminals of a complementary mating connector, and the terminals having terminating portions projecting from the rear face of the body and being bent downwardly behind the body and beneath the extension plate within said grooves for connection to appropriate circuit traces on the circuit board, said partitions extending rearwardly beyond said terminals positioned respectively in the grooves therebetween.