Patent ID: 8814605
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A power connector mountable on a circuit board for mating with a complementary connector, comprising: an insulative housing having a front surface, an end surface opposite to the front surface and a plurality of passageways extending through the front surface and the end surface, a depression being recessed into the insulative housing from the front surface; pairs of contacts received in the insulative housing along an insertion direction of the complementary connector, each contact having a main portion received in the corresponding passageway, a mating portion and a tail portion extending from opposite sides of the main portion and exposed to the air, each contact defining a cutout along a top edge and a bottom edge of the main portion; and a spacer received in the depression and defining a plurality of through holes communicating with the passageways for receiving the mating portions of the contacts, respectively, the spacer providing pairs of locking arms extending rearwards, each locking arm having a locking end retained in the cutout of corresponding contact to thereby limit a front-to-back displacement of the contacts.