Patent ID: 7658658
Filing Date: 2010-02-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of passageways defined in the housing in parallel relation with one another, each of said passageways including at least a large contacting passage and a small retention passage side by side spaced from each other; a plurality of contacts essentially extending in a common plane and disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, and each of the contacts including a curved resilient contacting section receiving in the corresponding large contacting passage in a relatively free manner and a relatively rigid retention section received in the corresponding small retention passage in a secured manner; wherein each of said passageway is equipped with restriction means which is located between the large contacting passage and the small retention passage so as to sandwich the corresponding contact in a thickness direction of said contact under a condition that both said retention section and said contacting section are not affected by said restriction means during assembling the contact into the corresponding passageway; wherein the restriction means engages a portion of the corresponding contact where the contacting section and the retention section are joined.