Patent ID: 8303345
Filing Date: 2012-11-06
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating surface and a plurality of receiving passageways running through the mating surface and arranged along a first direction thereof; a plurality of contacts secured in the receiving passageways of the insulative housing, each contact defining a contacting portion protruding out of the receiving passageway from the mating surface; a baffled stick assembled in the mating surface and across the receiving passageways along the first direction of the insulating housing; wherein the contacting portions of the contacts move in a second direction perpendicular to the mating surface; the insulative housing defines a retaining slot recessed from the mating surface and extending in the first direction thereof; and wherein an inserting room is defined among the contacting portions and the mating surface of the insulative housing, the baffled stick is inserted into the inserting room in the first direction and then moved to be retained in the retaining slot.