Patent ID: 6109949
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A connector assembly comprising a header 10 including a header housing 10A and a plurality of contacts 11, 12 mounted in said housing in such a manner that post portions 11A, 12A thereof protrude outwardly, and a socket 20 including a socket housing 20A having a plurality of adjacent surfaces and having mounted thereon a plurality of contacts 21 for contacting with the respective post portions of said header and being electrically connected thereto, said socket housing further having a plurality of guide grooves 22 for receiving the respective post portions of the header thereinto and guiding them to the corresponding contacts of said socket, said guide groves of said housing forming slots 22A along at least two of said adjacent surfaces thereof which are sufficiently narrower than the width of the post portions for guiding the post portions thereinto, those regions of the contacts of said socket which contact with said post portions being provided so as not to be exposed outwardly of said socket.