Patent ID: 6113438
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector, comprising:a dielectric housing having a mating face, a terminating face, a plurality of stepped terminal-receiving passages extending between the faces and defining an insertion direction, each terminal-receiving passage being configured to receive a terminal therein and having an enlarged section and a narrowed section, said enlarged section being closer to said mating face than said narrowed section, a rearward portion of said enlarged section having a forwardly facing abutment shoulder for engaging a complementary abutment shoulder on a terminal inserted in the terminal-receiving passage, a terminal insertion slot in at least one of said faces spanning the plurality of terminal-receiving passages in a direction transverse to said insertion direction and being adjacent said plurality of terminal receiving passages; anda plurality of electrically conductive terminals secured within the terminal-receiving passages of the housing, each said terminal having a contact section for engaging a mating electrical component, a tail section for interconnection to an electrical circuit member, a retention section for securing the terminal in its respective terminal-receiving passage, and an abutment shoulder engaging said forwardly facing abutment shoulder in its respective terminal-receiving passage.