Electrical connector
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorsDe-Jin Chen, Wei Yuan, Yu-San Hsiao
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Abstract
An electrical connector includes a connector body (2), and a plurality of passageways (20). A passageway retention wall (202) extends into each of the passageways. Each of the terminals (3) has a terminal retention section (322) defining thereof a retention edge, which is adapted to be rested on said passageway retention wall for securing the terminal onto the connector body. This arrangement will prevent the connector body to be removed therefrom by an improperly upward force, such as force applied to pull out the mating component from the electrical connector.
Claims15
An electrical connector comprising:
- a connector body having a mating surface and a mounting surface, and a plurality of passageways extending from the mating surface towards the mounting surface and through said connector body;
- a passageway retention wall extending into each of the passageways;
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- terminals inserted into the passageways from the mating surface, each of said terminals having a terminal retention section defining thereof a retention edge, said retention edge adapted to be rested on said passageway retention wall for securing said terminal onto the connector body.
An electrical connector comprising:
- a connector body having a mating surface and a mounting surface, and a plurality of passageways extending from the mating surface towards the mounting surface and through said connector body;
- at least some of the passageways each including a passageway retention wall extending thereinto;
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- terminals inserted into the passageways, said terminals, associated with said at least some of the passageways, each having a terminal retention section defining thereof a retention edge, said retention edge adapted to be rested on said passageway retention wall for securing said terminal onto the connector body.
A vertical type electrical connector comprising:
- an insulative housing defining opposite upper and bottom faces with a plurality of passageways extending therebewteen and further therethrough in a vertical direction, each of said passageways defining an upward retention face;
- a plurality of contacts, from the upper face, inserted into and disposed in the corresponding passageways respectively, each of said contacts defining a retention wall, and a solder tail for mounting to a printed circuit board on which the connector is seated;
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- said retention wall downwardly abutting against the corresponding retention face so as to prevent further upward movement of the housing relative to the contact.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.