Patent ID: 6276942
Filing Date: 2001-08-21
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:an insulative housing including a pair of side walls, a central wall, a pair of slots separating the side walls and the central wall, two rows of dividers along the central wall, the plurality of dividers defining a plurality of chambers therebetween; anda plurality of terminals secured in the chambers and extending into the slots, each terminal comprising:a base having a plurality of transversely projecting barbs interferentially securing with the central wall and the respective side wall of the housing, and a plurality of embossments interferentially engaging with adjacent dividers for preventing the base from distortion during assembly;a spring beam angularly depending from the base;a curved beam continuing the spring beam;a contacting beam downwardly and outwardly depending from the curved beam and extending into the slot; anda soldering tail extending from the base;wherein the base further has a neck at the juncture between the base and the soldering tail;wherein the base has the soldering tail vertically extending from a bottom thereof;wherein the base forms a pair of recesses near a junction between the spring beam and the base for reducing stress during deflection of the spring beam;wherein the spring beam angularly depends from the base, and wherein the contacting beam slopes angularly from a mating direction and extends toward the spring beam;wherein the terminal is stamped from a sheet of metal.