Patent ID: 7153147

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: an electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing comprising a base having an under face adapted for mounting on a printed circuit board and a mating portion integratedly projected forwardly from the base and defining a mating cavity in a front face thereof; a plurality of electrical terminals loaded in the housing and each having a contact portion exposed in the mating cavity; a pick-up device releasable assembled to the connector and comprising a main plate attached onto a top of the housing to provide a flat upper surface adapted for receiving suction by a vacuum transfer assembly, the main plate covering both top faces of the base and the mating portion to making a center of the flat upper surface thereof substantially aligned with a center of gravity of the connector in a vertical direction perpendicular to the flat upper surface; and wherein the top face of the mating portion is located lower than that of the base wherein the pick up device formed with tuber on an under surfaces thereof abutting on the top face of the mating portion to wholly keep the main plate in a horizontal posture, wherein the pick up device further comprises an auxiliary plate perpendicular extending from the main plate to cover an opening of the mating cavity, wherein the auxiliary plate is formed with a protuberant portion inserted in the mating cavity and retained therein and thereby to retain the pick up device to the housing, wherein the pick up device further comprises a retaining portion extending from the main plate to be retained at a rear section of the housing, wherein the retaining portion comprises a pair of retaining legs each with barbed end received in corresponding recess defined in a rear face of the housing.