Patent ID: 6527595
Filing Date: 2003-03-04
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly consisting of a pair of first and second electrical connectors, said first electrical connector comprising:a first housing; and a plurality of first contact elements being flexible in a first direction perpendicular to a plugging direction of said electrical connectors, arranged at intervals in a second direction perpendicular to said first and plugging directions, made of a metal sheet, and having flat surfaces which extend in said first direction and first contact sections, and said second electrical connector comprising: a second housing; and a plurality of second contact elements fixed to said second housing, arranged at intervals in said second direction, made of a metal sheet, and having flat surfaces which extend in said first direction and second contact sections, wherein said first and second contact sections are situated in the same range in said first direction and brought into contact with each other under contact pressures in said first direction, and substantially equal numbers of said first contact sections are arranged at upper and lower positions of said second contact sections, for even distribution of contact pressure.