Patent ID: 6019613
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising a housing and a plurality of electrical contacts fixed in said housing, wherein:said housing comprises side walls surrounding a receptor cavity therebetween, and a base extending between said side walls at a bottom of said receptor cavity;said receptor cavity is adapted to receive a counterpart connector being plugged into said receptor cavity in a plug-in direction;each of said contacts respectively comprises a contact body that extends in said plug-in direction in said receptor cavity of said housing, and a contact leg that includes a bottom portion extending from said contact body laterally outwardly along said base of said housing and a riser portion extending upwardly from said bottom portion;said housing has at least one slit therein through which said contact bodies of said contacts are exposed; andsaid side walls of said housing have grooves concavely formed therein and said respective riser portions of said contact legs are retained in said grooves.