Patent ID: 7374461

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a base housing; a housing cover assembled onto the base housing, said housing cover defining an inner wall, first and second preload ridges extending from the inner wall, and an aperture between said first and second preload ridges, wherein each said preload ridge defines a respective first section extending at a first angle relative to the inner wall, and a respective second section adjacent to the first section that extends at a second angle relative to the inner wall, wherein the second angle is different from the first angle; and a receptacle contact extending into the base housing, said receptacle contact having a pair of contact beams that engage the preload ridges such that the aperture is disposed between the contact beams, wherein the contact beams define a respective first portion and a respective second portion, and wherein the respective first section of said preload ridges contacts the respective first portion of the contact beams at the first angle and the respective second section of said preload ridges contacts the respective second portion of the contact beams at the second angle.