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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2001
Ryan Yeh, Chino Hills, CA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A locating means assembly ( ) includes a housing ( ) and a plurality of terminals ( ). The housing has a plurality of side walls ( ) and defines a plurality of passageways ( ) therein. A pair of ribs ( ) protrude inwardly from lower portions of two side walls in each passageway and define a pair of grooves ( ). Each terminal has a planar soldering portion ( ), and a pair of fins ( ) extending and bending upwardly from two lateral sides of the soldering portion, respectively. The terminal is received in the housing, the pair of fins elastically engaging in the two grooves, respectively. After the housing with the terminal is picked up and placed on a printed circuit board (PCB), the terminal is soldered to the PCB, and then the housing is removed.