Patent ID: 6478594
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for receiving an electrical plug, comprising:a dielectric housing with a given width having an elongated plug-insertion cavity for receiving the electrical plug in an insertion direction and including a plurality of mounting slots in a direction generally parallel to the insertion direction, and a plurality of conductive terminals mounted in the housing, spaced longitudinally of the cavity, and including a generally planar body portion for fixing each terminal to the housing, a spring contact arm bowed outwardly of the plug insertion cavity near the periphery thereof extending from the body portion toward the plug-insertion cavity transversely of said insertion direction whereby only the contact portion on the spring contact arm is exposed in the cavity and is yieldably movable generally perpendicular to the insertion direction, a terminating tail portion integrally connected to the body portion by a planar link arm, the planar link arm located in the same plane as the body portion, the terminating tail portion extending transversely from the planar link arm exteriorly of the housing and yieldably movable generally perpendicular to the insertion direction, and the planar body portion and the planar link arm insertable in a respective one of the plurality of the mounting slots.