Patent ID: 7044809
Filing Date: 2006-05-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electric plug connector including an electric contact fitted in a housing, wherein: said electric contact comprises an elongated contact body that extends longitudinally in a longitudinal direction; said contact body comprises a crimping barrel that is adapted to receive and be crimped onto an electric wire, and a contact tab that extends in said longitudinal direction from said crimping barrel and that is adapted to make contact with a counterpart connector contact; said contact tab comprises a base plate and a contact plate that are integral and unitary with one another through a folded junction and that are folded flat with respect to one another along said folded junction so as to overlap and reinforce one another; said contact tab further comprises a protruding part that protrudes integrally and unitarily from an end of said base plate in said longitudinal direction opposite said crimping barrel, so that said protruding part protrudes beyond an end of said contact plate in said longitudinal direction opposite said crimping barrel; said housing includes a housing body that defines therein a receiving cell in which at least a portion of said crimping barrel of said electric contact is received, a support wall that extends in said longitudinal direction from said housing body and that has a support wall surface which supports said base plate of said electric contact extending therealong, and a retaining part that is connected to said support wall at an end thereof opposite said housing body in said longitudinal direction; said retaining part is spaced from said support wall surface at a spacing distance to receive said protruding part of said contact tab therebetween; and said protruding part of said contact tab is received between said retaining part and said support wall and is held by said retaining part to prevent said contact tab from deflecting away from said support wall.