Patent ID: 9401557
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: H01R,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating housing having a top surface, a bottom surface opposite to the top surface and a plurality of passageways penetrating the top surface and the bottom surface; and a plurality of electrical contacts received in the insulating housing, each of the electrical contacts formed with a horizontally extending body portion positioned in the insulating housing; wherein the insulating housing further has a pair of blocks extending toward each other from the inner surface of the passageway, the blocks upwardly support the body portion of the electrical contact; and the electrical connector further includes adhesive pasted on the inner surface of the passageway, after the electrical contacts are assembled to the insulating housing, the electrical contacts touch with the adhesive and be positioned on the insulating housing by the adhesive; wherein the insulating housing has a plurality of recesses recessed from the top surface of the insulating housing communicating with the corresponding passageways respectively, and the electrical contact includes a spring portion extending upwardly from a middle area of the body portion and received in the recess, and a tail portion downwardly extending from the middle area of the body portion in an outwardly curved configuration away from a plane defined by the body portion; wherein the electrical contact further has a pair of positioning portions extending upwardly from two opposite ends of the body portion and located by two sides of the corresponding spring portion, respectively; wherein each of said passageways includes a pair of slots located by two sides of the corresponding recess to snugly receive the corresponding pair of positioning portions, respectively; wherein said adhesive is applied on interior surfaces of each of said slot to secure the corresponding portion; and wherein the adhesive extends upwardly from the bottom surface of the housing, and is terminated at a middle level of the slot.