Patent ID: 7261579

Claim:
A wire-to-board connector for coupling electrically a circuit board to a transmission wire unit, comprising: a plug receptacle adapted to be mounted on the circuit board; a plurality of signal contacts disposed in said plug receptacle for establishing electrical communication with the transmission wire unit; and a mating header adapted to be disposed at the transmission wire unit, and having a plurality of resilient metal elements electrically connecting the transmission wire unit, wherein when said mating header is inserted into said plug receptacle, said resilient metal elements respectively contact with said signal contacts of said plug receptacle, thereby establishing electrical communication with the circuit board and the transmission wire unit; wherein said mating header includes an insert body having a first end, a second end and a plurality of parallel channels passing through said first and second ends, said first end exposing said resilient metal element and extending in a direction parallel to said second end into which said resilient metal element is inserted.