Patent ID: 7473133
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector adapted for mating with a complementary connector along a mating direction, comprising: an insulative housing comprising a front mating port extending along said mating direction, a rear wall extending downwardly from the front mating port, and a front wall opposite to the rear wall, the front mating port defining a plurality of receiving passages along said mating direction, the rear wall being slotted with a plurality of slots extending along an up-to-down direction perpendicular to said mating direction; a plurality of contacts received in the receiving passages and the slots of the insulative housing, each contact comprising a curved mating portion received in corresponding receiving passage and partially exposed beyond the receiving passage, a retention portion interferentially engaged with the receiving passage to retain the contact in the insulative housing, a leg portion bending downwardly from the retention portion to be mainly received in each of the slots of the insulative housing, and a tail portion formed at a lower end of the leg portion and bending horizontally from the lower end of the leg portion; wherein the leg portion has a larger width than other portion thereof and is completely received in corresponding slot to achieve a certain dielectric constant for signal transmission; and a conductive shell enclosing the insulative housing and the contacts except the mating port and contacting portions of the contacts; and wherein the conductive shell comprises a first solder foot formed on a rear wall and a pair of lateral walls covering a pair of sidewalls of the insulative housing, wherein each lateral wall forms a second solder foot extending downwardly therefrom to align with the first solder foot in a row along a lateral direction; and a spacer assembled to the contacts and the insulative housing, wherein the spacer defines a protrusion with a slit therethrough, the first solder foot is assembled to the spacer via protruding through the slit.