Patent ID: 7074075

Claim:
An electrical connector for connecting a plurality of wires with internal conductors arranged in a side-by-side pattern to a mating connector that is mounted to a circuit board, comprising: an insulative connector housing, the connector housing including a body portion and a blade portion extending therefrom, the blade portion defining a mating end of said connector housing, said blade portion being insertable into the mating connector; a plurality of conductive terminals supported by said housing in a side-by-side pattern, each of the terminals including a body portion having a contact end disposed at one end thereof and a mounting end disposed at an opposite end of the terminal body portion, said terminal body portion including distinct contact and termination surfaces disposed on opposite sides of said terminal body portion, the terminal contact surfaces being exposed on said blade portion and said terminal termination surfaces being disposed within said connector housing; and, each of said terminals including a first bend in their body portions, the terminal first bends defining first nests of said terminals, and portions of said wires being received within said first nests.