Patent ID: 8109798

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a base portion and a mating portion in front of the base portion, the mating portion defining a plurality of receiving channels extending along a mating direction; and a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing, and being inserted into the receiving channels along a front-to-back direction; wherein each contact has a soldering portion extending through the receiving channel and assembled to the base portion of the insulative housing, a retaining portion located in front of the soldering portion and held in the receiving channel, and a contacting portion received in the mating portion of the insulative housing, the retaining portion has a higher barb in the front and a lower barb on a rear section thereof on both sides; wherein the contacting portion is elastic, the retaining portion is stiff and above the contacting portion, each contact also comprises a bridge connecting the retaining portion with the contacting portion and a linking portion combining the soldering portion with the retaining portion, the bridge is adjacent to an inner wall of the receiving channel, and the linking portion is extending slantways from the soldering portion.