Electrical connector having alignment key assembled thereon

摘要

An electrical connector includes an insulating housing, a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing and an alignment key assembled the insulating housing. The insulating housing includes an accommodating portion defining a plurality of through holes. The alignment key is assembled on the accommodating portion. The alignment key includes a post and an extending portion extending downwardly from the post. The extending portion extends into the through holes optionally.

主权项

1. An electrical connector for electrically connecting a Central Processing Unit (CPU) having a cutout, comprising:
an insulating housing comprising a cavity and an accommodating portion beside the cavity; a plurality of contacts retained in the insulating housing; and an alignment key assembled on the accommodating portion for matching with the cutout of the CPU, comprising a plurality of posts upwardly extending into the cavity; wherein the alignment key comprises a plurality of tail portions extending downwardly from the post while the accommodating portion comprises a plurality of through holes for receiving the tail portion, an amount of the through hole is more than that of the tail portions, the tail portions are inserted into the corresponding through holes, and an amount of the posts are same with that of the tail portions in a one-to-one relation; wherein the positions of the tail portions are variable corresponding to the corresponding posts, so as to be selectively inserted into different through holes, respectively, for identification purpose.