LOK V. Boutros et al. - Page 3




                      9. Count 2 is Claim 32 of Boutros or Claim I I of Lok.                                                         

                      10. Boutros claim 32 is as follows:                                                                            

                              An electrical connector comprising:                                                                    

                              a plug defining a recess and at least a passageway in communication with the                           
                      recess in a top face thereof, and forming walls on opposite sides of the plug and a lip                        
                      protruding into each passageway, each wall defining a slot in an inner surface thereof-,                       

                              " printed circuit board; and                                                                           

                              " contact unit comprising a plurality of contacts with an insulative housing fornied                   
                      therearound, ends of the contacts being engaged with the printed circuit board and tail                        
                      ends of the contacts being received in the corresponding passageways;                                          

                              wherein the printed circuit board and the contact unit are slidably received in the                    
                      slot and securely retained in the plug and each lip engages with the tail end of the                           
                      corresponding contact thereby preventing inadvertent deformation of the contact during                         
                      assembly with a mating receptacle connector.                                                                   

                      11. Lok claim I I is as follows:                                                                               

                              An electrical connector comprising:                                                                    

                              a plug defining a recess and at least a passageway in communication with the                           
                      recess in a top face thereof, and forming walls on opposite sides of the plug and a lip                        
                      protruding into each passageway, each wall defining a slot in an inner surface thereof,                        

                              " printed circuit board; and                                                                           

                              " contact unit comprising a plurality of contacts with an insulative housing formed                    
                      therearound, solder ends of the contacts being engaged to the printed circuit board and                        
                      tail ends of the contacts being received in the corresponding passageways;                                     

                              wherein the printed circuit board together with the contact unit is slidably received                  
                      in the slot and securely retained in the plug and each lip engages with the tail end of the                    
                      corresponding contact thereby preventing inadvertent deformation of the contact during                         
                      assembly with a mating receptacle connector.                                                                   





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