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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2001
Kohei Ushio, Hyogo, JP;
Toshiaki Horii, Nisshin, JP;
Ryoichi Kawamoto, Kurayoshi, JP;
Takaaki Makita, Torrori, JP;
J.S.T. Mfg. Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A connector ( ) for printed circuit boards has a housing ( ) narrow and elongate to hold a few contacts ( ), a pair of lockable elastic legs ( ) disposed at lower end regions of opposite lateral walls ( ) of the housing and protruding sideways, and locking pawls ( ) formed integral with the respective elastic legs. A pair of supplementary lugs ( ) formed integral with upper end regions of the lateral walls ( ) also protrude sideways the same distance as the pawls, so that when the connectors are driven forth within a magazine case ( ), the neighboring supplementary lugs ( ) will contact each other simultaneously as the neighboring pawls ( ) jostle one another, protecting the connectors from tilting, and thus delivering them in line and in an ordinarily way.