Patent ID: 8272903

Claim:
A probe connector adapted for fastening a cable thereto, comprising: an insulating housing, a rear of the insulating housing defining a plurality of fastening openings spaced at regular intervals, a front sidewall of each fastening opening defining an inserting hole longitudinally penetrating forward through the insulating housing; and a plurality of probe pin assemblies each including a shell having a barrel which passes forward through the fastening opening to be inserted in the inserting hole with a front end thereof projecting out of the inserting hole, and a box-shaped base shell received in the fastening opening and defining an accommodating chamber therein, the base shell being connected with the barrel with a rear end of the barrel facing the accommodating chamber, the base shell having a top plate of which a rear edge opposite to the barrel extends rearward to form a rear plate, a rear of the rear plate further extending rearward to form a connecting piece of which two opposite side edges oppositely extend outward to form a pair of clipping pieces, wherein the clipping pieces are capable of being bent towards each other to clip a core wire of one end of the cable therebetween for realizing an electrical connection between the cable and the probe connector, a plunger movably inserted in the barrel along a rear-to-front direction and further projecting out of the front end of the barrel, and an elastic element telescopically assembled in the barrel and the accommodating chamber of the base shell along the rear-to-front direction, with a front end thereof resisting against a rear end of the plunger, then the rear plate being bent downward to cover up a rear end of the accommodating chamber and make the probe pin assembly show a substantially right-angled shape viewed from a lateral view, a rear end of the elastic element further abutting against an inner side of the rear plate to prevent the plunger and the elastic element falling off from the barrel.