摘要 |
A socket connector ( 35 ) has a socket contact ( 1 ) installed in it, the contact being for connection with a wire end ( 20 ) in isolated compartment ( 26 ) of an insulating housing ( 25 ), the contact having a body ( 2 ) U-shaped in cross section composed of bent-up lateral walls ( 4 ) and a bottom ( 3 ). A lance ( 10 ) formed by punching the bottom protrudes outwards to be of the same width as a transverse width of the bottom and have two bent portions. One of the bent portions is located at a basal end ( 11 ) of the lance, and the other at a middle region ( 14 ) of the lance, thereby affording improved rigidity and resiliency to the lance. The bottom ( 3 ) has a broadened inner end ( 17 ) of the same width as a transverse width of contact body ( 2 ), so that the lance is of an improved rigidity and resiliency to be firmly retained in a connector housing not to slip off, even if made smaller in size. |