Patent ID: 8241043

Claim:
A probe connector adapted for electrically interconnecting with a mated connector which has two portions thereof provided with different magnetism selected from a south magnetic pole and a north magnetic pole respectively, the probe connector comprising: an insulating housing having a base body, a front surface of the base body protruding frontward to form a tongue portion, the insulating housing defining a plurality of inserting holes penetrating through the base body and the tongue portion along a front-to-rear direction; a plurality of probe pins inserted forward in the corresponding inserting holes of the insulating housing, each of the probe pins having a touching portion capable of projecting forward out of the corresponding inserting hole; and a foolproof mechanism made of magnetic material and including an upper cover and a lower cover which have different magnetism selected from a north magnetic pole and a south magnetic pole respectively, the upper cover and the lower cover being mounted to two opposite sides of the tongue portion and further end-to-end attracted with each other to be integrated together and enclose the tongue portion therebetween, wherein the probe connector can be interconnected with the mated connector based on principles of homopolar repulsion and heteropolar attraction between the upper cover and the lower cover of the foolproof mechanism and the two portions of the mated connector.