Patent ID: 7637750

Claim:
An electrical connector system comprising: a base with opposing perimeter walls extending upwardly from peripheral edges of said base, and providing a substantially continuous contact-receiving surface between said perimeter walls, said perimeter walls defining a cavity therebetween above the contact receiving surface; a plurality of contacts arranged on the contact receiving surface, and each including a contact engaging portion extending above the contact receiving surface; a protective plate floatably arranged on the perimeter walls of the base and substantially above the contact engaging portions, and having a plurality of holes correlated to the contact engaging portions such that the contact engaging portion can extend through the hole when the plate is pushed toward the base, and contact engaging surfaces of the plurality of contacts are arranged to be substantially flush with an upper surface of the floatable plate in above compression process; and flexible tabs are located in each side of a body portion of the protective plate, wherein each of the flexible tabs includes a main portion connecting with the body portion and two spring legs extending from two opposite sides of the main portion, and wherein the two spring legs extend substantially along corresponding side of the body portion.