Patent ID: 6971929

Claim:
A connector that includes a frame having a through passage and a frame front face that extends perpendicular to a longitudinal direction (L), the connector including a contact lying in the passage, said contact being formed of a piece of sheet metal, said contact having a main contact portion that is elongated in said longitudinal direction and having a mating end portion that comprises a resilient end beam with a beam middle inner end connected by an inner bend to said main contact portion, with a beam middle extending from said beam middle inner end at an incline and forward of said frame face and a beam free outer portion lying forward of said frame face and extending from an outer end of said beam middle that is opposite said beam inner end, wherein: said beam middle extends straight and at an angle (B) of about 20° to said frame face and extends beyond said frame front face, and said beam free outer portion extends from an outer end of said beam middle that is opposite said beam middle inner end, in a bend that results in said free outer portion extending from beyond said frame front face back into said frame passage.