Patent ID: 6935899

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating port and a pluruality of passageways communicating with the mating port; and a plurality of contacts received in the passageways of the insulative housing, each of the contacts comprising a retention portion retained in a corresponding passageway, a resilient arm extending from the retention portion, an abutting portion extending from the resilient arm and abutting against an inner wall of the corresponding passageway for pre-loading the contact, and a contact portion extending from the abutting portion and exposed into the mating port, the abutting portion being deflectable away from the inner wall together with the contact portion; wherein the insulative housing defines a corresponding number of apertures communicating with the mating port and the passageways, and wherein each of the contacts comprises a distal end bent from the contact portion and received in a corresponding aperture; wherein the insulative housing defines a pair of slots in opposite sides of each of the passageways for receiving the retention portion of the contact; wherein each of the contacts comprise a tail portion extending from the retention portion beyond the insulative housing for being soldered to a mother board; wherein the inner wall of the corresponding passageway is formed with a clump pressing the abutting portion of the contact; wherein the insulative housing defines a central line in a mating direction thereof, wherein the passageways are symmetrically arranged at opposite sides of the central line in pairs, and wherein the contacts are symmetrically received in the pairs of the passageways.