Patent ID: 8187009
Filing Date: 2012-05-29
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing; and a plurality of electrical contacts secured to the insulative housing, each of the contacts including a flat plate engaging with the insulative housing, a spring arm bending and extending upwardly from a vertical side edge of the flat plate and a solder tail extending downwardly from a lower portion of the flat plate, the spring arm having a first vertical portion connected with the flat plate, an arc portion bending and extending upwardly from the first vertical portion, a second vertical portion extending upwardly from the arc portion, and a contact portion at a free end of the spring arm, the arc portion first extending away from the first vertical portion and then extending towards the first vertical portion; wherein the contact portion extends from the second vertical portion upwardly and obliquely to a same side of the first vertical portion as the arc portion, and the contact portion extends beyond the arc portion; wherein the first vertical portion and the second vertical portion are located on a same line; wherein the flat plate has a main portion and a slip portion extending upwardly from the main portion, and wherein the first vertical portion bent from the slip portion.