Patent ID: 8535089
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: H01R,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A connector assembly comprising: an insertion member that includes a plurality of contact pads; a housing that defines an opening at a first end configured to receive the insertion member, wherein an upper inside surface and a lower inside surface of the housing define a plurality of slots, wherein an interior side surface of the first end of the housing defines at least one ledge, and a rear wall of the housing defines a plurality of openings; and a plurality of electrical contacts positioned adjacent to one another within the opening in the first end, each electrical contact including: a mating extension that extends from the cross-member and through one of the plurality of openings defined in the wall of the housing, wherein the insertion member defines a first resilient finger with a tip configured to cooperate with the at least one ledge to enable insertion of the insertion member within the first end of the housing and to prevent full removal of the insertion member from the first end of the housing after the insertion member is in a partially inserted state.