Electrical connector having improved resilient contact so as to realize better retaining effect

摘要

An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, a plurality of first contacts arranged in a side-by-side manner, and a resilient contact retained in the housing. The housing defines a mating face, a blocking face and a mating cavity disposed between the mating face and the blocking face. Each first contact defines a first contacting portion projecting into the mating cavity. The resilient contact defines a blocking piece abutting against the blocking face, a retaining leg extending out of the mating cavity, and latching arms extending into the mating cavity from the blocking piece. The latching arms can be easily released from a mating connector so as to realize a better retaining effect.

主权项

1. An electrical connector, comprising:
an insulative housing defining a mating face, a blocking face behind the mating face, and a mating cavity disposed between the mating face and the blocking face, the mating cavity communicating with an exterior via an insertion hole at a front end thereof; a plurality of first contacts arranged in the housing in a side-by-side manner, and each first contact defining a first contacting portion projecting into the mating cavity; and a resilient contact retained in the housing and defining latching arms disposed in the mating cavity; wherein the resilient contact further defines a blocking piece abutting against the blocking face and a retaining leg extending out of the mating cavity, the latching arms extending into the mating cavity from the blocking piece; wherein the retaining leg of the resilient contact defines a soldering portion which makes the resilient contact synchronously act as a grounding contact and a latching member; wherein at least three first contacts are retained in the housing, and a middle contact of the first contacts acts as a detection contact, the pair of contacts neighboring the middle contact act as power contacts; wherein the resilient contact is a single metal piece, surrounding a body of the insulative housing; the plurality of first contacts, and the resilient contact and the insulatve housing are received in a front cover.