Electrical connector with pick up cap
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorHao-Yun Ma
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Abstract
An electrical connector with a pick up cap comprises an electrical connector (2) and a pick up cap (1) mounted onto the connector (2). The electrical connector (2) comprises an insulative housing (20) defining a plurality of sidewalls (201) thereof, the sidewalls (201) cooperatively being adapted for receiving an electronic package therein, at least one sidewall defining a cutoff having two opposite slant walls (2100), a plurality of terminals (21) received in the housing (20), a pick up cap (1) mounted on the housing (2) comprising a base portion (2) having a flat smooth surface (2) at least an extending portion (2) extending from one end of the base portion (2) for compliantly engaging with the slant walls (2100) of the cutoff.
Claims20
An electrical connector comprising:
- an electrical connector, comprises:
- an insulative housing defining a plurality of sidewalls thereof, the sidewalls cooperatively being adapted for receiving an electronic package therein, at least one sidewall defining a cutoff having two opposite slant walls;
- a plurality of terminals received in the housing;
- a pick up cap mounted on the housing, comprises:
- a base portion having a flat smooth surface;
- at least an extending portion extending from one end of the base portion for compliantly engaging with the slant walls of the cutoff.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a circumferential wall defining a central receiving cavity to receive an electronic package;
- a cutout defined in the circumferential wall, a pair of side engagement faces located by two sides of the cutout and opposite to each other, a mounting portion defined in the cutout with a receiving recess in an undersurface thereof;
- a pickup cap defining a flat upper face with at least one leg corresponding to the mounting portion with at a distal end a hook engageably received in the receiving recess;
- a pair of projections located by two sides of the leg and sideward engaged with the corresponding engagement faces.
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an insulative housing defining a circumferential wall defining a central receiving cavity to receive an electronic package;
- a detachable alignment key attached to the circumferential wall at a specific position, a portion of said alignment key projecting into the central receiving cavity;
- a pickup cap defining a flat upper face with one notch in an edge region to receive said portion of the alignment key therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.