Patent ID: 7037117

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: a first connector having a plurality of substantially C-shaped first contact elements including a plurality of first projections and transversal leg portions, and at least one C-shaped first contact element without transversal leg portion which is positioned in between a pair of said first contact elements having transversal leg portions; a second connector having a plurality of second substantially C-shaped contact elements that are brought into contact with said first contact elements when said first and second connectors are plugged to each other in a plugging direction; at least one arranging section provided on said first connector and extending in both said plugging direction and a longitudinal direction that is perpendicular to said plugging direction so as to support said first contact elements thereon; at least one fitting cavity provided on said second connector and extending backwardly in said plugging direction and in said longitudinal direction so as to support said second contact elements on a wall thereof at positions corresponding to those of said first contact elements; a plurality of first recesses positioned along a first side wall and a second side wall opposite to said first side wall of said arranging section in said longitudinal direction, with each of said first contact elements being disposed in each of said first recesses; and a plurality of second projections and recesses provided on said wall of said fitting cavity so as to mesh with said first projections and recesses, with said first contact elements being held between said second projections within said second recesses, when said first and second connectors are plugged to each other.