Retainer bracket for connectors

摘要

A method and apparatus for retaining and aligning a connector to a mating connector on a printed wiring board with a retainer bracket. The retaining bracket is especially useful when there is a bend in the cable. Female contacts in a coax cable assembly mounted to a P0 connector make it difficult to keep the P0 female contacts in a vertical position satisfactory for mating with male contacts located on a motherboard. The retainer bracket snaps directly onto the P0 shell eliminating any stack up problems and assisting with alignment of the P0 female contacts giving a more accurate vertical registration for mating. The connector bracket snaps onto the P0 shell with snap pins and is aligned with at least one alignment pin.