Patent ID: 6179626
Filing Date: 2001-01-30
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connection system comprising a plug connector and a socket connector mated with each other, the plug connector comprising an insulative housing having a mating face defining a plurality of channels therein for each receiving plug contact elements, each plug contact element comprising a mating section extending along a first axis substantially normal to the mating face of the plug connector and having a tip portion extending beyond the mating face, the socket connector comprising an insulative housing having a mating face defining a plurality of passageways therein corresponding in position to the channels of the plug connector, each passageway having a socket contact element fixed therein, each socket contact element comprising a mating section located in the passageway and extending along a second axis substantially parallel to the mating face, wherein the mating faces of the plug and socket connectors are overlappingly engageable with each other to have the tip portions of the plug contact elements inserted into the passageways and engageable with the corresponding mating sections of the socket contact elements such that the tip portions exert an engaging force against the mating sections in a substantially perpendicular fashion and normal to the mating faces of the plug and socket connectors, and wherein the housing of the plug connector comprises a mounting face opposite the mating face thereof, a cavity being defined in the mounting face for receiving an insert therein, the cavity forming a shoulder on each of two side walls of the housing, the insert having a side flange extending over the shoulder, the plug contact element having a section supported on the shoulder and interposed between the shoulder and the side flange of the insert.