Low Profile Circuit Connector

摘要

An electrical connector includes a housing, contact elements and locking members attached to the housing. The housing has a front end, a back end, a top side, a bottom side and a cavity between the top side and the bottom side. The cavity is to partially receive a circuit board therein. Each contact element is insertable into the housing along a direction from the bottom side towards the top side. Each locking member is insertable into the housing along a direction from the bottom side towards the top side. The upper and lower contact arms and the lock arm are resiliently deflectable away from the cavity to allow insertion of the circuit board into the cavity, and spring back when the circuit board is inserted into the cavity to make electrical connection to the circuit board and to lock the circuit board in the housing.

主权项

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
a housing having a front end, a back end, a top side, a bottom side and a cavity between the top side and the bottom side, wherein the cavity is to receive a circuit board therein; a plurality of contact elements attached to the housing, each contact element having an upper contact arm disposed at the top side and a lower contact arm disposed at the bottom side; a pair of locking members attached to the housing, each locking member having a lock arm positioned along a direction from the back end to the front end of the housing, wherein the upper contact arm and the lower contact arm of each contact element and the lock arm of each locking member being resiliently deflectable away from the cavity to allow insertion of the circuit board into the cavity, and wherein when the circuit board is inserted into the cavity, the upper contact arm and the lower contact arm are in electrical contact with the circuit board, and the lock arm springs back to engage the circuit board and lock the circuit board to the housing.