Patent ID: 6132263
Filing Date: 2000-10-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing defining passages between front and rear faces thereof, each passage being defined by opposite side walls of the housing and each side wall forming a notch in communication with the corresponding passage; andconductive contacts received and retained in the passages, each contact comprising a U-shaped body having a central portion and opposite side portions, a pair of resilient fingers extending from the side portions toward the front face of the housing and converging toward each other, a retention section formed on the central portion, a tail extending from the retention section and beyond the rear face of the housing and adapted to be soldered to a circuit board, the retention section having opposite edges received and retained in the corresponding notches thereby firmly retaining the contact in the corresponding passage;wherein the edges of the retention section of each contact are interferentially retained in the corresponding notches of the housing;wherein each notch has a stop surface, and wherein the retention section of each contact has shoulders abutting against the stop surfaces of the corresponding notches for properly positioning the contact in the passage;wherein two support arms extend from the side portions of the main body of each contact, the support arms tightly engaging with the side walls of the corresponding passage for stably supporting the contact in the corresponding passage;wherein a spacer is formed on the rear face of the housing and defines a plurality of spaced slots for interferentially receiving and thus retaining the tails of the contacts therein;wherein barbs are formed on the side portions of the main body of each contact for interferentially engaging with walls of the corresponding passage;wherein a projection is formed in each passage for separating the fingers from each other thereby pre-loading the fingers;further comprising board locks mounted to a bottom face of the housing;further comprising positioning posts formed on a bottom face of the housing;wherein the housing has two parallel rows of the passages;wherein the two rows of passages are separated by a partition, and wherein the central portion of each contact is positioned to abut against the partition.