Electrical connector with a pick-up cover

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1999-12-09

2001-04-03

Luebke, Renee (Department: 2833)

Electrical connectors

Electromagnetic or electrostatic shield

Shielding individually surrounding or interposed between...

C439S079000

Reexamination Certificate

active

06210225

ABSTRACT:

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a connector, and particularly to an electrical connector with a pick-up cover for facilitating assembly and protecting the circuit therein.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,692,912 discloses an electrical connector. The electrical connector comprises an elongated dielectric housing having a plurality of terminals, and an elongated tail aligning device for protecting the terminals during mounting on a printed circuit board. This connector has a small fixing base surface, so it is not adapted to use with automatic placement device for fixing on a printed circuit board. The connector also lacks EMI shielding, so protection of connected circuits is limited.
Other similar connectors, such as that disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,591,036, disclose an electrical connector including an elongated housing and a terminal cover provided to secure the connection between the connector and a printed circuit board, but the connector fails to provide a fixing base plate to solve the assembly problem. Therefore, an improved electrical connector is required to overcome the disadvantages of the prior art.
BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
A first object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector with a pick-up cover which provides EMI protection for the connector;
A second object of the present invention is to provide an electrical connector with a pick-up cover on the insulative housing, where the pick-up cover defines a base surface for attaching automatic assembly devices, thereby facilitating assembly.
Accordingly, an electrical connector in accordance with the present invention comprises an elongate insulative housing including a projection projecting forwardly from the insulative housing, a plurality of terminals received in the corresponding grooves located in the elongate housing, a shell covering the projection of the insulative housing, a pick-up cover engaging with a top of the insulative housing, a spacer, and an attaching means to secure the shell to the housing and the connector to the printed circuit board. An upper surface is disposed on the top of the insulative housing and defines at least a positioning hole with an inclined face. The pick-up cover comprises a flat plate with a pair of latches extending downward for mounting on the upper surface of the insulative housing.
Moreover, several positioning ridges downwardly extending from the flat plate for receipt in several corresponding positioning holes of said insulative housing, and a positioning bar downwardly extending from the flat plate of the pick-up cover between the latches thereof cooperate with the latches to retain said pick-up cover on the electrical connector.
Other objects, advantages and novel features of the invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present embodiment when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.


REFERENCES:
patent: 5865645 (1999-02-01), Embo et al.
patent: 5984727 (1999-11-01), Wu et al.
patent: 6083046 (2000-07-01), Wu et al.

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