Patent ID: 7736177

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulating housing defining a pair of sidewalls and a plurality of passageways; a plurality of contacts received in said passageways, each comprising a U-shaped contacting portion opening upward, a holding portion retained in insulating housing and a connecting portion connecting with said contacting portion and holding portion; wherein said connecting portion has a planar leading surface downwardly slants towards said contacting portion, and said U-shaped contacting portion defines a first supporting arm which is adjacent to the holding portion and has a linear portion at an upper portion thereof to connect with the connecting portion; wherein said linear portion of the first supporting arm has a planar slanted surface downwardly slanting toward the holding portion; wherein said contacting portion has a second supporting arm, said first supporting arm and said second supporting arm are formed slanted forward to each other; wherein said electrical connector further includes comprising a pair of retaining members assembled on two ends of said insulating housing, each retaining member has a horizontal base portion, a pair of flanges downwardly and horizontally extending from two ends of said base portion and a pair of soldering tabs formed on a bottom edge of said flanges and extending outwardly from the sidewalls; and wherein said base portion and said flanges of each retaining member define a U-shaped body engaged with said insulating housing.