The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 23, 1999
Michael D Long, Harrisburg, PA (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector which is mountable on a circuit board includes a housing (10) having a board-mounting face (13), a channel (38) which opens into the housing from the board-mounting face, and a pair of grooves (36, 37) which extend from the channel in respective opposite directions parallel to the board-mounting face. A boardlock (20) has a pair of oppositely extending wings (24) which are mounted in the grooves, a body which extends through the channel, and a base (22) which is engageable with the circuit board. The channel (38) and the pair of grooves (36, 37) are open to a side of the housing for receiving the boardlock in a direction parallel to the board mounting face (13). The boardlock resides completely within a lateral outline of the housing.