Patent ID: 6722915
Filing Date: 2004-04-20
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector comprising:a housing having a front end configured to receive a circuit board and a rear end configured to receive at least one flexible cable; top and bottom contacts retained in alignment along a vertical axis in corresponding channels in said housing, at least one of said top and bottom contacts having a first contact prong configured to engage the circuit board and a second contact prong configured to engage the at least one flexible cable, and wherein said top contact includes a bottom contact leg having said first contact prong and said bottom contact includes a top contact leg having said first contact prong, said first prongs of said bottom contact leg and top contact leg extending toward each other into a card slot at said front end along said vertical axis and being separated by a distance less than the thickness of the circuit board such that the circuit board pushes said bottom contact leg toward a top retention wall and said top contact leg toward a bottom retention wall as said first contact prongs enrage electrical traces on the circuit board; and a stuffer received at said rear end of said housing, said stuffer being configured to retain the at least one flexible cable in contact with said second contact prong.