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US 7,597,576 B2Granted
Electrical system
AssigneeHon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd.
InventorGeorge (Huanyi) Zhang
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Abstract
An electrical system (1000) for electrical connecting with a hard disk drive (2), comprises a metal chassis (4) defining an opening (400) therein and an electrical connector, snugly assembled to the opening (400). The electrical connector includes an insulative housing (1) defining a mating surface, and a mounting surface with a plurality of passageways (110) assembled with corresponding number of contact terminals. The housing (1) further defining longitudinal ends (12). Each of the longitudinal ends (12) provided with an anchoring member (13) having a body (130) securely retained within the end, and a hook (132) extending substantially toward the mating portion, and securely interlocked to edges of the opening of the chassis (4).
Claims12
An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an electrical connector including an insulative housing defining opposite mating and mounting faces with a plurality of passageways extending and further through both said mating and mounting faces;
- a plurality of contact terminals arranged within each of the passageways, each of said terminals including an mating portion extending beyond of the mating face, and a mounting portion extending beyond the mounting face;
- a printed circuit board fastened to a mounting side of the connector and mechanically and electrically connected to the mounting portions of the terminals;
- and
- a hard disk drive casing defining a through opening between thereof opposite mating and mounting surfaces with at least a locking recess communicative with the through opening and around the mating surface;
- wherein
- the connector is equipped with at least one anchoring member, and the connector is essentially disposed in the through opening with the anchoring member latched into the locking recess so as to prevent the connector and the associated printed circuit board from being dropped away from the hard disk drive casing in a first direction, under a condition that the printed circuit board defines a horizontal dimension larger than those of the both said connector and said through opening so as to prevent the connector with the associated printed circuit board from being excessive moving with regard to the hard disk drive casing through said through opening in a second direction opposite to said first direction.
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An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an electrical connector including an insulative housing defining opposite mating and mounting faces with a plurality of passageways extending and further trough both said mating and mounting faces;
- a plurality of contact terminals arranged within each of the passageways, each of said terminals including an mating portion extending beyond of the mating face, and a mounting portion extending beyond the mounting face;
- a first printed circuit board fastened to a mounting side of the electrical connector and mechanically and electrically connected to the mounting portions of the terminals;
- and
- a hard disk drive casing defining a through opening where the electrical connector is disposed;
- wherein the insulative housing is equipped with two anchoring member at two opposite ends thereof, each anchoring member having a pair of first latches extending upward and engaging with edges around the through opening of the hard disk drive to prevent the electrical connector from excessive moving downward, and a pair of second latches extending downward and engaging with the first printed circuit board to prevent the electrical connector from excessive moving upward.
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An electrical connector assembly comprising:
- an electrical connector including an insulative housing defining opposite mating and mounting faces with a plurality of passageways extending and further through both said mating and mounting faces;
- a plurality of contact terminals arranged within each of the passageways, each of said terminals including an mating portion extending beyond of the mating face, and a mounting portion extending beyond the mounting face;
- a printed circuit board fastened to a mounting side of the connector and mechanically and electrically connected to the mounting portions of the terminals;
- and
- a hard disk drive casing defining a through opening between thereof opposite mating and mounting surfaces;
- wherein
- the connector is equipped with at least one anchoring member, and the connector is essentially disposed in the through opening of the anchoring member latched to corresponding edges around the through opening so as to prevent the connector and the associated printed circuit board from being dropped away from the hard disk drive casing in a first direction, under a condition that the printed circuit board defines a horizontal dimension larger than those of the both said connector and said through opening so as to prevent the connector with the associated printed circuit board from being excessive moving with regard to the hard disk drive casing through said through opening in a second direction opposite to said first direction;
- wherein the connector is assembled into the through opening along said second direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.