Patent ID: 7909657

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a housing having a plurality of walls and a plug-receiving cavity opening on a front side of the housing; a circuit board in the housing having conductive paths, a plurality of compensation coupling contacts, and one or more compensation elements associated with the compensation coupling contacts; and a plurality of elongated resilient terminal contacts supported by and extending above the circuit board for making electrical connections with respective wire terminals of a mating connector plug when inserted into the plug-receiving cavity, each of the terminal contacts being associated with a respective compensation coupling contact and including: a base portion with a majority of the length thereof disposed substantially parallel to the circuit board and supported thereby for flexural movement; a connecting portion extending obliquely above the circuit board for making electrical contact with the respective wire terminal of an inserted connector plug, the connecting portion having a free end; and a transition portion joining the base portion and the connecting portion, the transition portion making electrical contact with the respective compensation coupling contact serving as a fulcrum about which the connecting portion pivots when displaced by the respective wire terminal of an inserted connector plug.