Patent ID: 9197022
Filing Date: 2015-11-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector adapted for mating with a mating connector, comprising: an insulating housing has a top wall, a bottom wall, a rear wall and two side walls which together surround an inserting chamber thereamong, the top wall and the bottom wall define a plurality of terminal grooves vertically penetrating therethrough to communicate with the inserting chamber and each extending along a front-to-rear direction; a plurality of electrical terminals are disposed in the terminal grooves of the insulating housing, each electrical terminals has an elastic arm elastically received in the terminal groove, and a contact portion protruding towards the inserting chamber at a front end of the elastic arm, the contact portion is located in the front of the terminal groove; and a pressing member has a top board, a bottom board, a front board and two side boards, the pressing member is slidably sleeved round a front part of the insulating housing, two inner sides of the top board and the bottom board protrude face-to-face inward to form two rows of pressing boards which are arranged at regular intervals in accordance with the terminal grooves of the insulating housing to project in the terminal grooves and the pressing boards can be put into the sliding grooves and sliding backwards to push the electrical terminals into the inserting chamber; wherein when the pressing member is at an initial position relative to the insulating housing, the contact portions of the electrical terminals are located in the terminal grooves and there is no interference between the electrical terminals and the mating connector in the process of inserting the mating connector into the electrical connector; after the mating connector is completely mated with the electrical connector, push the pressing member to slide rearward along the insulating housing, the pressing boards slide along the corresponding elastic arms of the electrical terminals and press the elastic arms to make the contact portions project into the inserting chamber so as to realize electrical connection with the mating connector.