Patent ID: 8142203

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating face, a mounting face opposite to the mating face and a plurality of receiving passageways running through the mating face and the mounting face; a plurality of contacts assembled in the receiving passageways and each contact including a base portion, a pair of retaining portions extending from two opposite ends of the base portion, a pair of elastic arms extending from the retaining portions, a soldering portion extending out of the receiving passageways and a connecting portion connecting the soldering portion and the base portion; each receiving passageway protrudes a tuber from a first inner face thereof, free ends of the pair of retaining portions being located at two sides of the tuber and engaging with the first inner face of the receiving passageway; wherein the tuber is spaced from the two retaining portions at two sides of the tuber, a pair of tabs defined at a free end of the tuber; wherein the tuber and the tabs are configured with a T-shaped manner; wherein the base portion and the connecting portion resist on a second inner face, opposite to the first inner face of the receiving passageway; wherein the second inner face of the receiving passageway protrude a pair of bosses to form a T-shaped groove to receive the base portion and the connecting portion.