Patent ID: 9559467
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: H01R

Claim:
1. A connector assembly comprising: a male connector including a male housing and a plurality of male contacts for connecting to electric cables; a female connector for mating with said male connector including a female housing and a plurality of female contacts retained in said female housing, each female contact defining a pair of mating plates spaced away from each other to sandwich said male contact therebetween; and a pair of spring leaves each defining a plurality of spring fingers and located between the male contact and the corresponding mating plate of the female contact; wherein said spring leaves are assembled to the corresponding mating plates; said female connector further comprises a pair of protection boards retained in said female housing and attaching to each pair of said mating plates; each protection board has a groove receiving the corresponding mating plate and spring leaf, and a set of posts being retained into a set of holes formed at said mating plate.