Patent attributes
A low profile electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of conductors in the housing, and a metal shell mounted in the housing. Two spaced flexible latches extend outward from either side of the shell. The latch includes a level portion having a top concave portion, and a solder leg extending downward from the level portion and having a curved portion extending from the concave portion to the solder leg. The housing and the shell together are mounted at a recess on an edge of a printed circuit board (PCB) by inserting the solder legs into a plurality of first holes of the PCB and inserting poles of the housing into a plurality of second holes of the PCB respectively with the level portions rested upon the PCB. Thus, height of the connector mounted on the PCB is greatly reduced.
