US 7,682,190 B2 · Electrical connector having board lock

Abstract

An electrical connector comprises a dielectric housing, a plurality of conductive contacts respectively secured in the dielectric housing, a first lock and a second lock respectively secured in the dielectric housing. The dielectric housing defines a tongue board defining an engaging face located in a first plane and opposite tongue back face. Each conductive contacts comprising a contacting section extending on the engaging face. The first lock is secured in the first end of the dielectric housing; the second lock is secured in the second end of the dielectric housing. Each of the first and second lock comprises a retaining section secured in the dielectric housing and a holding section extending down beyond the dielectric housing. The first plane intersects the holding section of the second lock, but a center of the holding section of the first lock is apart from the first plane and at the same side of the first plane where the tongue back face located.

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Dependent claims

An electrical connector comprising:

a dielectric housing defining a first end and an opposite second end, a first surface and an opposite second surface extending between said first and second ends, a tongue board projecting from the center of said first surface apart from said second surface, said tongue board defining an engaging face and an opposite tongue back face;
a plurality of conductive contacts respectively secured in said dielectric housing, each conductive contacts comprising a contacting section extending on the engaging face and a mounting section extending beyond said second surface apart from said first surface;
a first lock secured in said first end of the dielectric housing;
and
a second lock secured in said second end of the dielectric housing;
each of said first and second lock comprising a retaining section secured in said dielectric housing, a holding section extending beyond said second surface from an end of the retaining section;
wherein the retaining section is an inverted U-shape, the retaining section defines a cambered kink, each kink has an arch, the arches of the two kinks are opposite to each other.

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An electrical connector for mounting to a printed circuit board, comprising:

an insulative housing defining a receiving cavity which extends through a front mating face of the housing and is asymmetrical with regard to both a longitudinal center line and a vertical center line of the housing perpendicular to said longitudinal center line;
a downward lying L-shaped mating section formed in the receiving cavity, one end of a horizontal segment of the mating section joined with a vertical segment confronting a first lengthwise end region of the receiving cavity, which is essentially of a full rectangular structure while the other end of the horizontal segment confronts a second lengthwise end region of the receiving cavity, which includes a pair of stepped structures at two outermost corners;
and
first and second board locks respectively disposed in the corresponding first and second end regions, each of said first and second board locks defining a mounting leg for mounting to said printed circuit board;
wherein
the L-shaped mating section defines opposite outer surface and inner surface on the horizontal segment parallel to said longitudinal center line, under a condition that the mounting leg of the first board lock is asymmetrically located in the first end region with regard to a center axis parallel to the longitudinal center line;
wherein
the first board lock is structurally different from the second board lock while both of said first board lock and said second board lock are downwardly assembled into the housing from said front mating face.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Electrical connector having board lock

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Electrical connector having board lock

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