Patent ID: 6692312
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
Receptacle connector (1) for a mobile telephone or the like, comprising a housing (3) of insulating material, a shielding (4), and a plurality of contact terminals (5), the housing having a mainly rectangular block section with flat upper and lower sides (7,8) and front, back and lateral sides (9, 10, 11), wherein channels (13) extend parallel to the lateral sides (11) between said front and back sides (9,10), the contact terminals being made as strip like elements mounted in said channels, characterized in that at least some of the contact terminals each are provided with two retention parts (14, 15) having a width greater than the width of the channels (13) providing a retention force mainly parallel to said upper and lower sides (7, 8), wherein the width of the channels (13) providing a retention force mainly parallel to said upper and lower sides (7, 8), wherein the width of the channels at their upper wall (19) near the upper side (7) of the housing (3) is smaller than the width at their lower wall (20) near the lower side (8) of the housing (3) to force the contact terminals (5) against the lower wall (20), and wherein the contact terminals (5) each are provided with a butt-mount contact end (16) and a tail end (17), wherein the retention part (14) at the tail end (17) has a width greater than the width at the butt-mount contact end (16).