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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 12, 1998
Alan John Beken, Bucks, GB;
Michael James Greener, Framington, GB;
James David Hutchinson, London, GB;
Paul Dennis Jeffery, West Yelland, GB;
Frank Michael Wheeler-King, Berkhamsted, GB;
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector for mounting on a substrate, the connector comprising a housing having a base surface and a boardlock for mechanically retaining the connector to the substrate the boardlock having a mounting portion fixed to the housing and a retention member extending outward from the base surface to be received in a hole in the substrate where the connector is characterized in that the retention member includes abutment surfaces that co-operate with the connector to assure the retention members are properly received in the holes of the substrate.