Patent ID: 7891991
Filing Date: 2011-02-22
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating face, a rear face opposite to the mating face, a first receiving groove defined into the mating face and a second receiving groove defined into the rear face, and the two receiving grooves extending towards each other to communicate with each other; and a first contact including a contacting contact retained in the first receiving groove and a soldering contact separated from the contacting contact and retained in the second receiving groove, and the contacting contact defining a mating portion exposed to the mating face, and the soldering contact defining a soldering portion exposed out of the housing for mounting onto a printed circuit board and a resilient arm extending into the second receiving groove and soldered to the contacting contact; the contacting contact defines a connecting portion bending rearwards from a lower side of the mating portion to be retained in the first receiving groove and further extending into the second receiving groove, and the resilient arm is soldered to the connecting portion; the resilient arm defines a contacting portion bending towards the connecting portion at a free end thereof and holding a soldering ball thereon, and the soldering ball is sandwiched between the contacting portion and the connecting portion and melted to solder the two portions together while the soldering portion being soldered to the printed circuit board.