Patent ID: 7946871

Claim:
An electrical connector adapted for electrically connecting with a complementary connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating direction and at least one contact-receiving passage extending along said mating direction; at least one conductive contact received in said at least one contact-receiving passage adapted for electrically connecting with a conductive contact of the complementary connector, the at least one conductive contact comprising a retention section interferentially received in the at least one contact-receiving passage, and a mating section extending from the retention section adapted for electrically connecting with corresponding conductive contact of the complementary connector, and a mounting section extending from the retention section, the mating section forming a tip end at a free end thereof; and a protection element integrally formed with the tip end of the mating section of the at least one conductive contact and wrapping the tip end; wherein the at least one conductive contact is a pair of conductive contacts received in the same contact-receiving passage.