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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1993
Arvind Patel, Naperville, IL (US);
Jack J Schafer, LaGrange, IL (US);
Molex Incorporated, Lisle, IL (US);
Abstract
A retention system is provided for an electrical connector adapted to be mounted on the surface of a printed circuit board. The connector includes a housing having a circuit board mounting face. At least one retention member is provided for securing the connector to the printed circuit board. The retention member is generally U-shaped defining a pair of leg sections extending generally perpendicular to the circuit board and a bight section joining the leg sections generally parallel to the circuit board. The bight section defines a pad for solder connection to a solder pad on the circuit board, and the bight section has a given width transverse to the U-shaped profile of the retention member. A recess in the circuit board mounting face of the connector housing is complementarily shaped for receiving at least one of the leg sections of the retention member in an interference fit therewith. The one leg section is narrower than the given width of the bight section. At least one stabilizing flange projects from the bight section into a complementarily shaped recess in the circuit board mounting face. The stabilizing flange is coplanar with, narrower and shorter than the one leg section.