Patent ID: 7780456

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a plurality of passageways; a number of contacts received in corresponding passageways, respectively; each of the contacts comprising: a first base portion having a first retaining portion for securing the contact in the passageway, and a first resilient arm extending upwardly from said first base portion and having a contacting portion disposed at a free end thereof; a second base portion having a second resilient arm extending therefrom; and wherein the first resilient arm is substantially supported by the second resilient arm when the first resilient arm is displaced downwardly; wherein the first and second resilient arms are overlapped obliquely with respect to the first and second base portions, and the first and second base portions are overlapped in a vertical direction; wherein the first retaining portion is a number of tabs symmetrically disposed at opposed sides of the first base portion; wherein the first base portion further defines a third resilient arm with a contacting portion at a free end extending downwardly from a lower portion of the first base portion; wherein the first and third resilient arms are symmetrically disposed with respect to the first base portion; wherein a fourth resilient arm extends downwardly from a lower portion of the second base portion and is attached to the third resilient arm; and wherein the second and fourth resilient arms are symmetrically disposed with respect to the second base portion.