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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 13, 1999
Scott Frederick Morin, Fort Lauderdale, FL (US);
Michael Paul Derstine, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
An electrical connector (,) for mounting a leaded electronic component (,) to a circuit board (,) includes a housing (,) having a base (,) with side walls (,) and at least one end wall (,) extending upwardly therefrom together defining a component-receiving cavity (,) extending to an entrance along an insertion face,. The housing (,) further includes at least first and second terminals (,) disposed in respective terminal-receiving passageways (,). Each terminal (,) has a lead-terminating section (,) exposed to the insertion face (,) for terminating to a respective component lead (,) during component insertion. Side walls (,) include inwardly directed retention latches (,) parallel to and spaced above base (,) and dimensioned to engage and extend over a respective portion of an upper surface of said electronic component to secure said component in said cavity upon full component insertion.