Socket contact for a header connector

摘要

A header connector (110) includes a housing (120) extending along a longitudinal axis between mating and mounting ends (112, 114). The housing (120) has contact channels (124) open between the mating and mounting ends (112, 114), and the housing (120) has air pockets (126, 128) provided between selected ones of the contact channels (124) to control an impedance of socket contacts (122) received in the contact channels (124). Socket contacts (122) are loaded into the contact channels (124), with each socket contact (122) including a contact body extending along a longitudinal axis between mating and mounting ends. The contact body has a box-shaped socket at the mating end that defines a reception area configured to receive a mating contact. The box-shaped socket is configured to engage four different sides of the mating contact.