Patent ID: 8038485

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a unitary housing body extending from a mounting side to an opposite mating side, the mating side configured to receive a contact pin of a mating connector through the mating side, the housing body comprising a cavity extending through the housing body from the mounting side to the mating side, a contact slot disposed at the mounting side, and a chamfered lead-in ramp disposed at the mating side to guide the contact pin into the cavity; a stamped and formed contact held in the cavity and extending between a mating segment and a mounting segment along a longitudinal axis, the mating segment configured to receive the contact pin of the mating connector, the mounting segment configured to mount the contact to a circuit board and including a shoulder disposed proximate to the mounting side of the housing body, wherein the shoulder engages the housing body in the contact slot to secure the contact in the housing body; and a retention insert that is loaded into the cavity through the mounting side adjacent to the contact, wherein the retention insert and the contact are separate bodies.