Patent ID: 6383033
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:a core having a peripheral surface, a contact surface, a conductor surface, and at least one cell, the peripheral surface extended between the conductor surface and the contact surface, the at least one cell extended from the contact surface. through the conductor surface, the cell having a groove and a recess, the groove exposed through the contact and conductor surfaces, and exposed longitudinally through the peripheral surface of the core, the recess communicating transversely with the groove; a terminal disposed longitudinally in the groove of the cell and exposed through the contact surface of the core, the terminal being inserted laterally into the groove past the peripheral surface, the terminal having a tab projecting perpendicularly from the terminal, the tab disposed within the recess of each one of the plurality of cells; and a housing having a peripheral conductor edge, a peripheral contact edge and an inner surface, the inner surface extended between the conductor and contact edges, the peripheral surface of the core engaged by the inner surface of the housing to retain the terminal in the at least one cell laterally, the contact surface of the core exposed through the housing inward of the contact edge of the housing.