Patent ID: 8109771
Filing Date: 2012-02-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector secured to a PCB, comprising: an insulative housing having an elongate configuration with a mating interface and defining a plurality of receiving passageways across the housing and symmetrically arranged along a mating portion; each receiving passageway defining a receiving room defined by a sidewall, a bottom wall and a portion of the mating portion, and having an opening narrowed by a nose portion extending from the mating portion toward the sidewall; and a plurality of contacts each received in the corresponding receiving passageways and including an elastic portion, a soldering portion and a fixing portion between the elastic portion and a soldering portion, the elastic portion including a first contacting portion protruding from the nose portion, a second contacting portion extending from the fixing portion, and a connecting portion between said two contacting portions and defining an arc portion extending in an upward-to-downward direction and under the nose portion; wherein the arc portion defines a node avoiding collision to the nose portion when the contact is assembled into the contact receiving passageway in a tilted manner.