Connector locking clip

Claim 1

An electrical connector assembly for mounting on a printed circuit board having a ground trace comprising; an insulative housing having a mounting face and a mating face perpendicular thereto, said housing having a contact passage extending rearwardly from said mating face to said mounting face; and an electrical connector encircled by the insulative housing and secured in the passage and comprising; an electrically conductive shell adapted to be received within the contact passage and including a compliant ground contact for insertion into apertures in the circuit board, a dielectric insert having center bore and adapted to be received and secured within said conductive shell, and a signal carrying electrical disconnect contact pressed into the bore of said insert, wherein said compliant ground contact comprises: a clip having an yoke-shaped portion and elongated electrical terminals, the yoke-shaped portion shaped along its length to conform to and to engage against the exterior of the electrically conductive shell with an open side for receiving passage of the shell, and each terminal extending from a respective end of the yoke-shaped portion to form double back curved resilient springs opposing one another across the width of the clip, the end of each terminal formed into an elongated channel and each channel having an end bent to an angle to the plane of the longitudinal axis of the terminal to form a resilient hook.