Patent ID: 7229324

Claim:
A receptacle connector part, comprising: a connector housing; and a plurality of rows of receptacle contact terminals disposed within the housing, each receptacle contact terminal including two single beam contacts having contact portions with a preload head, wherein each of said preload heads extends in each of two opposite directions from said contact portion, and wherein said preload heads at least partially overlap one another, the connector housing comprising a front wall with a plurality of rows of apertures providing access to the contact portions of the contact terminals, wherein the connector housing is provided with a plurality of rows of preload ridges, the preload ridges being located at the inner side of the front wall at opposed sides of the apertures, wherein the preload ridges cooperate with said preload heads to support the contact portions of the single beam contacts of each contact terminal in a predetermined preload position, and wherein the connector housing comprises side walls extending in a row direction, at least one of said side walls having windows for receiving the contact portions of the receptacle contact terminals.