Patent ID: 9331439
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: H01R

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector assembly comprising: a first connector including a first insulative housing defining a plurality of first passageways along a transverse direction while each of said first passageways extending along a vertical direction perpendicular to said transverse direction; a plurality of first contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said first contacts defining a cylindrical body with a retractable head; a second connector including a second insulative housing defining a plurality of second passageways extending along the vertical direction with corresponding openings communicating with an exterior, each of said openings being dimensioned corresponding to a diameter of the corresponding first contact which is adapted to be inserted into the corresponding second passageway; a plurality of horizontal slots formed in the second housing and intersected with the corresponding second passageways, respectively, each of said slots defining a height in the vertical direction and a width in the transverse direction; and a plurality of second contacts assembled to the second housing; wherein each of said second contacts includes a horizontal contacting plate inserted into the corresponding slot and having dimensions in compliance with said height and said width so as to have the head of the first contact abut against the contacting plate of the corresponding second contact during mating; wherein each of said passageways is downwardly terminated at the corresponding horizontal slot so as to have the contacting plate of the corresponding second contact fully upwardly supported by the second housing wherein each of said second contacts further includes a horizontal solder tail exposed outside of a side face of the second housing in a lateral direction perpendicular to both said vertical direction and said transverse direction; and wherein said second housing further includes a pair of protecting ribs at two opposite ends in said transverse direction, and said pair of protecting ribs extend in said lateral direction to protect the solder tails therebetween in the transverse direction.