Patent ID: 7144267

Claim:
An electrical connector with latch mechanism comprising: an insulating housing having at least two rows of contact receiving channels extending therethrough and a passageway defined between the two rows of contact receiving channels; a plurality of contacts received in the respective contact receiving channels; and a latch mechanism mounted in said passageway, the latch mechanism including a pair of latch arms and a flexible beam flexibly connecting the pair of latch arms, the pair of latch arms having a pair of hooks at front ends thereof and a pair of force receiving portions at rear ends thereof, the pair of force receiving portions forming a pair of cantilevers at outer sides thereof and a pair of flexible slices at inner sides thereof extending inwardly toward each other; whereby during the force receiving portions are exerted to make the hooks latch a mating electrical connector, besides the flexible beam, the cantilevers and the flexible slices are deformed to cumulate resilience which produces an increased latch force when the force receiving portions are released.