| US 7,568,954 B2 | ||
| Electrical connector | ||
| Xue Li, Kunshan (China); Hong-Qiang Han, Kunshan (China); and Zi-Qiang Zhu, Kunshan (China) | ||
| Assigned to Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd., Taipei Hsien (Taiwan) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 19, 2008, as Appl. No. 12/214,684. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 200720038736.3 (CN), filed on Jun. 19, 2007. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0318457 A1, Dec. 25, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. H01R 17/18 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 439—668 [439/669] | 18 Claims |
| 1. An electrical connector to be mounted on a peripheral panel, comprising:
an insulative housing defining a mating face, a mounting face, a top wall, a bottom wall, a pair of side walls interconnecting
the top wall and the bottom wall, and a receiving cavity extending through the mating face to receive a mating plug, an ear
portion extending laterally from the side wall, a flat retaining plate extending outwardly from the side wall and being coplanar
with top wall, a screw hole extending through the ear portion;
a plurality of contacts retained in the housing; and
a spring tab retained in the side wall, the side wall include a cutout on an upper portion thereof and a slit located beneath
the cutout, the spring tab defines a inwardly curved portion extending into the receiving cavity, and a pair of fixing ends
on opposite sides of the curved portion and being retained in the slit.
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