Patent ID: 6478603
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing having front and rear faces and opposite ends, a block being connected to each end of the housing and extending frontward beyond the front face, guide means being formed on the block and adapted to engage counterpart guide means formed on a mating connector to guide mating engagement between the electrical connector and the mating connector; conductive contacts being retained in the housing and partially extending beyond the rear face, each contact having a soldering tail perpendicularly extending therefrom; wherein a reinforcement is formed between each block and the housing to at least partially counteract an insertion force caused by the mating engagement of the mating connector with the electrical connector; wherein opposite partition walls rearwardly, extend from the ends of the housing to delimit a space therebetween for accommodating the tails of the contacts and wherein the reinforcement comprises a triangular rib extending between a rear end of each block and the corresponding partition wall; wherein a spacer is attached to and extending between the partition walls for spacing the tails from each other; wherein the guiding means of each block comprises a channel defined in the block for receiving a guiding post of the mating connector; wherein a grounding terminal is arranged in the channel for electrically engaging a counterpart grounding terminal of the mating connector, a vertical tail of the grounding terminal being located under the rib.