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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 01, 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 SATA connector () for being soldered to a printed circuit board (PCB) includes an insulative housing (), a plurality of right angle contacts (), and a pair of board locks (). The insulative housing has a top wall (), a bottom wall (), a pair of side walls () and a rear wall () which together define a mating space (), an L-shaped tongue () extends from the rear wall and into the mating space. Each contact has an engaging portion () retained in the L-shaped tongue and a solder portion () extending beyond the rear wall and bent in right angle so as to parallel to the rear wall adapted for being soldered to the PCB. The pair of board locks is mounted to the bottom wall of the housing.