Patent attributes
A right-angled backplane connector (100) includes an insulative housing (20), a number of contacts (40) received in the housing (20), and a spacer (60) assembled to the housing. The housing (20) forms a front mating portion (22) adapted to mating with a mating connector and a rear mounting portion (24) integrally connected to the mating portion (22). The mounting portion (24) defines a bottom wall (244) adapted to be mounted on a printed circuit board. A number of mounting posts (248) protrudes from the bottom wall (244) to engage in a corresponding number of mounting holes defined in the printed circuit board. The mounting portion (24) further defines inserting slots (240) for a part of a fixture to be inserted therein to support the contacts when the contacts (40) are inserted into the housing (20) by the fixture.
