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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2005
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2003
George Lee, Irvine, CA (US);
William E. Spink, Jr., Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
George Lee, Irvine, CA (US);
William E. Spink, Jr., Laguna Niguel, CA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
A Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) connector () for being mounted to a printed circuit board (PCB) () includes an insulative housing () and a plurality of compliant contacts (). The housing has a pair of side walls (), a pair of end walls (), and a bottom wall () which together defining a mating space (), an L-shaped tongue extending from the bottom wall into the mating space. Each contact having an engaging portion () retained in the L-shaped tongue and a press-fit tail () vertically extending beyond the bottom wall adapted for being mounted to the PCB. The housing further comprises a pair of pegs () is integrally formed on the bottom wall of the housing adapted for guiding the press-fit tails mounted into the PCB without damaged.