Patent ID: 7232317

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a header having a header body formed of an insulation material, and a plurality of header posts held on a side wall of the header body; and a socket having a socket body formed of an insulation material and having a plug groove configured to engage the header, and a plurality of socket contacts held on a side wall of the plug groove, wherein the socket contacts are configured to contact the header posts when the header engages the plug groove, wherein: the header body has a plurality of concave portions provided on a first face which faces a bottom face of the plug groove, wherein the first face is configured to engage the plug groove, and wherein at least one of the socket contacts has a first contact portion; at least one of the header posts has a second contact portion, disposed along a side wall of the header body, and configured to contact the first contact portion of the at least one socket contact, a curved portion formed in a substantially reverse U-shape extending from an end of the first face of the header body, which is proximate the side wall, towards the concave portion, and a terminal portion formed to protrude outward from a side of the second contact portion opposite to the curved portion such that the terminal portion is substantially perpendicular to the side wall; and the concave portions are separated by at least two cross walls which separate respective gaps provided between the header posts such that an enclosed space is formed by the at least two cross walls, a bottom face of the concave portion and an adsorption face of an adsorption nozzle when the adsorption face of the adsorption nozzle contacts the first face such that a suction opening of the adsorption nozzle faces the concave portion.