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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 23, 1997
Hiroyoshi Matsunuma, Tokyo, JP;
Sadao Kuboi, Tokyo, JP;
Sadao Ishizaki, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuyuki Mizunuma, Tokyo, JP;
DDK Ltd., , JP;
Abstract
An electrical connector includes a connector body to be mounted on a circuit board of an electrical appliance by means of protruding terminal legs of contacts incorporated in the connector body and by means of fixing legs of a shell as a worked body of a metallic plate forming an outer casing of the connector body. A mating connector socket of the shell is positioned so as to open outwardly of the electrical appliance. The shell has an auxiliary leg to be fixed to the circuit board. The auxiliary leg is formed by extension pieces extending from part of the shell on the side of the mating connector socket with respect to the fixing legs of the shell. The auxiliary leg serves to mount the electrical connector on the circuit board with great stability which is maintained for a long time.