Patent ID: 7591688
Filing Date: 2009-09-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating housing defining a receiving cavity opening through a front face thereof for receiving a mating connector; a plurality of conductive terminals comprising an elastic contacting portion slantwise extending into the receiving cavity; and a discrete limiting member being inserted into the cavity through a inserting opening and positioned under the contacting portion in a constantly immoveable manner along a front-to-back direction relative to the housing, so as to prevent the contacting portions from over moving when an un-mating connector is inserted into the receiving cavity; wherein the limiting member comprises a plurality of slant supporting faces thereof, the supporting faces are just below the contacting portions of the conductive terminals; wherein the limiting member comprises a main body and a plurality of spaced ribs extending from the main body respectively vertically aligned with the corresponding contacting portions and respectively forming said supporting faces.