Patent ID: 7744431

Claim:
A receptacle connector configured to mate with a mating connector, the receptacle connector comprising: a housing having a mating side configured to engage the mating connector and a mounting side configured to be mounted to a substrate, the housing including a cavity extending through the housing from the mating side to the mounting side; and a receptacle contact disposed within the cavity and configured to receive a mating contact of the mating connector, the receptacle contact comprising outwardly protruding barbs and openings disposed to permit the barbs to inwardly collapse when the receptacle contact is loaded into the cavity and the barbs engage the housing, the receptacle contact further comprising elongated shafts disposed on opposite sides of a longitudinal axis and tapered mating tips coupled to the shafts, the mating tips having tapered shapes between the shafts and outer ends of the mating tips, the mating tips and the shafts extending between opposite sides in directions oriented parallel to a lateral axis, the opposite sides of the mating tips laterally extending farther from the longitudinal axis than the opposite sides of the shafts, wherein the receptacle contact is configured to receive the mating contact of the mating connector between the mating tips.