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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2009
Jerry Wu, Irvine, CA (US);
Jerry Wu, Irvine, CA (US);
Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An electrical connector includes an elongated housing having a front portion and a rear portion, a printed circuit board enclosed in the housing, a latching mechanism mounted to the housing. The latching mechanism includes a locking member and actuating member. The locking member includes a retaining portion, a locking portion extending rearwardly from the retaining portion, a ramp connecting to a back edge of the locking portion, the retaining portion engaging with the front portion of the housing. The actuating member includes a plurality of sides surrounding the rear portion of the housing, an inclined pressing tab connecting with a top side of the actuating member and disposed adjacent to the ramp of the locking member. The actuating member is rearwardly pulled to let the pressing tab sliding along the ramp and downwardly pressing the ramp to lower the locking portion of the locking member.