Mounting fixture for use with an electrical connector
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorShinichi Hashimoto
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Abstract
A board-mounted electrical connector makes it possible to sufficiently reduce stress in the connector housing caused by threaded attachment fixtures. Metal fixtures (30) for mounting of the electrical connector to a circuit board are arranged in end sections (27) of a thin and long housing (20). The metal fixtures (30) are secured in oblong openings (72) provided in end portions (46) of a metal shield (40) attached to an outside surface of the housing (20) so that they cannot rotate inside the openings. The metal fixtures (30) are retained in the openings by means of integral resilient retaining members (71) of the shield (40) being disposed in grooves (36) in the metal fixtures (30).
Claims8
An electrical connector comprising
- a dielectric housing having electrical contacts secured therein;
- a metal shield affixed to an outer surface of the dielectric housing;
- end sections provided by the dielectric housing and having holes extending therethrough;
- end portions of the metal shield extending over the end sections of the dielectric housing and having openings in alignment with the holes;
- metal fixtures having base sections disposed in the aligned openings and holes;
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- retaining members provided by the end portions, the retaining members are resilient, whereby the retaining members resiliently engage the metal fixtures to retain the metal fixtures in position relative to the metal shield.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.