Appeal No. 2002-2118 Page 5
Application No. 09/010,614
surface for engagement by the vacuum-suction nozzle. Consequently, Seto provides a
cover 14 which is slidably mounted onto connector 12 in the direction of arrow "A". The
cover does present a generally planar, smooth surface 16 for engagement by the
vacuum-suction nozzle.
Referring to Figures 1, 3 and 4 of Seto, electrical connector 12 includes a
dielectric housing 18, which includes a bottom surface 20 adapted to be positioned
adjacent the mounting surface of the electrical apparatus, such as on the top surface of
a printed circuit board. Housing 18 also includes a top surface 22 opposite bottom
surface 20 and a pair of side wall means 24 extend between surfaces 20 and 22. The
side wall means include first and second downwardly facing shoulders or surfaces 26
and 28, respectively, which facilitate slidably mounting cover 14 onto connector 12.
Referring to Figures 1 and 8-10 of Seto, cover 14 has a pair of forward and outer
side walls 40 and a pair of rearward and inner side walls 42.1 In other words, as best
seen in Figure 8, side walls 40 are located outward of side walls 42. Side walls 40 of
cover 14 have inwardly directed flanges 40a defining upwardly facing shoulders or
surfaces 40b. Side walls 42 have inwardly directed flanges 42a defining upwardly
1 "Forward" and "rearward" are meant to refer to the direction of arrow "A" (Figure 1) which is the
mounting direction of the cover 14 onto connector 12. "Outward" and "inward" are meant to refer to the
relative dispositions of side walls 40 and 42 laterally of the mounting direction.
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