Patent ID: 8622771

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a housing; and at least one contact module mounted on the housing, the at least one contact module comprising an insulative body and a plurality of contacts assembled to the insulative body, each of the contacts having a fork portion extending beyond the insulative body, each of the fork portions comprising a first beam, a second beam, and a receiving cavity defined between the first and the second beams; wherein the first beam has a first mating face facing to the receiving cavity, and the second beam has a second mating face facing to the receiving cavity, wherein the first mating face cooperates with the second mating face to form a first mating area to clamp a first region of a mating contact; wherein the first beam has a third mating face; wherein the third mating face forms a second mating area facing sidewardly to abut against a second region of a mating contact; wherein the first beam projects sidewardly to form the third mating face.