Patent ID: 6234839
Filing Date: 2001-05-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing having a plurality of long and short contact receiving slots and one or more supporting walls each partly defining a corresponding one of the long contact receiving slots, each contact receiving slot comprising a horizontal passage and a vertical passage, a notch being defined at a front end of the respective supporting wall near the horizontal passage of the respective long contact receiving slot, a cantilever member upwardly extending from a bottom of the notch and slightly projecting into the horizontal passage; anda plurality of long and short contacts respectively received in the long and short contact receiving slots, each long contact comprising a horizontal section forming an embossment, a base section and an engaging section secured in the vertical passage, the embossment of the long contact being pressed by the cantilever member of the supporting wall, thereby firmly positioning the horizontal section of the long contact in the horizontal passage of the long contact receiving slot;wherein the thickness of the horizontal section of the long contacts is greater than the breadth of the horizontal passage of the long contact receiving slots minus the distance the unstressed cantilever member projects into the horizontal passage.