Patent attributes
A surface mount connector is disclosed having a housing cover, a contact receiving base, and a first engagement portion. The contact receiving base is connected to the housing cover, having a plurality of contacts with terminating ends and opposite mating ends positioned inside the housing cover. The first engagement portion has a first projection positioned proximate to a mating end of either the housing cover or the contact receiving base, extending orthogonal to a plugging/unplugging direction. The first engagement portion also has a first projection receiving member positioned on the other of the contact receiving base and the housing cover proximate to the mating end, being complimentary to the first projection and receiving the first projection at a terminating end facing surface thereof.
