Multi-port electrical connector having improved board locks

An electrical connector for being mounted onto a circuit board, comprising:

• a dielectric housing having a base and a pair of tongues projecting from the base, the base defining a pair of slits at opposite ends thereof, each tongue defining a plurality of passageways in a mating face thereof;
• a plurality of conductive contacts being received in corresponding passageways and each forming a horizontal tail extending out of the housing for soldering to the circuit board;
• and
• a pair of board locks being respectively retained to the pair of slits, each board lock forming a latch portion for being inserted into a hole defined in the circuit board and a pair of side portions for being soldered on a top face of the circuit board;
• the base defines a chamfer portion spaced apart from the horizontal tails of the conductive contacts to thereby leaving enough space for facilitating to solder the horizontal tails to the circuit board;
• wherein
• the base defines in a bottom face thereof a hole communicated with the corresponding slit for extension of a pair of legs of the latch portion therethrough;
• wherein
• each of said side portions has a body section forming barbs at one side thereof for biting into the base defining a corresponding slit, and a horizontal section extending from the body section for being soldered to the top face of the circuit board;
• wherein
• the base defines at each of the opposite ends thereof a pair of cutouts outside and communicated with each slit for extension of the horizontal sections of the side portions.