Patent ID: 8231417
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a mounting face, a mating face perpendicular to the mounting face and a number of passageways opening to both the mounting face and the mating face; a plurality of contacts received in the passageways, each contact comprising a contacting portion located in front of the mating face of the insulative housing, and a first soldering portion and a second soldering portion adjacent to the mounting face the second soldering portion being closer to the mating face relative to the first soldering portion, the mating face is at an outwardly facing side of the housing, wherein each contact comprises a retaining portion retained in the insulative housing, the first soldering portion extend from an end of the retaining portion adjacent to the mounting portion and the second soldering portion slant to the mounting face from the retaining portion adjacent to an opposite end to said end of the retaining portion, the first soldering portion is perpendicular to the mounting face and the second soldering portion has a distal end parallel to the mounting face, wherein the slant angle between the second soldering portion and the retaining portion is less than 90 degrees to form a triangle structure, wherein each second soldering portion is stamped and branched out from interior of the main body of the contact, leaving a elongate hollow.