Patent ID: 7775803
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing assembly having two housings placed next to each other and defining an interface region therebetween, the two housings each defining a group of oblique passageways, oblique directions defined by said two housings oppositely angled to each other in a symmetrical manner; and two groups of contacts arranged in corresponding oblique passageways of the corresponding housings, and a pitch between two adjacent contacts in each groups of contacts being the same; wherein another pitch defined between the neighboring two contacts respectively belonging to said two groups is same as said pitch defined in the neighboring contacts in each respective group with increase in the interface region; wherein each of said passageways defining an oblique, upper inner wall and an oblique lower inner wall opposite to each other; each of said contacts defining an oblique upper contacting arm compliantly abutting against the upper inner wall and an oblique lower contacting arm compliantly abutting against the lower inner wall; wherein at least one of said upper inner wall and lower inner wall defines a first retention feature, and at least said upper contacting arm corresponding to the first retention feature, has a second retention feature under a condition that the first retention feature confronts and is adapted to abutting against the second retention feature along an oblique direction defined by the corresponding passageway; wherein the first retention feature is a protrusion arranged on the upper inner wall; and wherein the upper arm further comprising two legs spaced to each other, one of the two legs is shorter than the other one, wherein a free end of the shorter legs is located above the protrusion of the first retention feature while the longer leg has a free end extending to space below the protrusion.