Patent ID: 8668511
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A hermaphroditic electrical connector assembly comprising a first connector and an identical second connector to mate with each other, each connector comprising: an insulating housing having a base portion and a plurality of terminal slots slotting on the base portion; and a plurality of terminals retained in the terminal slots of the insulating housing, each terminal comprising a fastening portion, a soldering portion and a contact arm extending from two opposite ends of the fastening portion, the contact arm comprising a vertical arm, an arcuate portion bending downwardly from the vertical arm, and a concavity defined at the end of the arcuate portion; and wherein the arcuate portion of the first connector is retained in the concavity of the second connector and the concavity of the first connector receives the arcuate portion of the second connector wherein a top portion is defined between the vertical arm and the arcuate portion to contact with the surface of the fastening portion; wherein there are two pairs of second and third contact arms surrounding the contact arm of the terminal.