Cable assembly having power contacts

摘要

A cable assembly ( 1 ) includes an insulating housing ( 4 ) receiving a number of contacts ( 5 ) therein and a number of cables ( 3 ) terminated to corresponding contacts. Each contact includes an intermediate portion ( 50 ), a central contact beam ( 52 ) extending upwardly and rearwardly from the intermediate portion, a pair of side contact beams ( 54 ) extending upwardly from two opposite sides ( 502 ) of the intermediate portion and a tail portion ( 56 ) extending rearwardly from the intermediate portion. The central contact beam has a contacting portion ( 522 ) at a free end thereof. The side contact beams include a pair of vertical arms ( 540 ) located at opposite sides of the central contact beam and a pair of resilient side arms ( 542 ) extending rearwardly from the vertical arms.