| 摘要 |
<p>A female electrical connector (34) is carried on an electrical cable (26) including plural electrical conductors (28). The female connector includes an insulative housing defining a blind cavity (36) therewithin and an axial opening outwardly from the cavity. The housing carries a printed circuit board (166) carrying plural wire-like contacts (40) which individually connect with conductors of the electrical cable. The wire-like contacts (40) extend into the cavity of the connector for deflecting spring-like contact with electrical contacts carried by a male connector when the latter is inserted into the cavity of the female connector. A comb feature (50) of the female connector is formed by a strong end wall of the blind cavity and in a respective one of plural slots (52) of the comb feature movably receives a free end portion of each one of the plural wire-like contacts. The wire-like contacts (40) are free to move in the cavity in spaced apart parallel relationship between a first position against or adjacent to a shelf surface of the comb features and the second position spaced from the shelf feature as the matching male connector (20) is mated with the female connector. The end wall (138) of the female connector carries a stop member (190) preventing the male connector from being inserted into the female connector too forcefully and damaging either the wire-like contacts (40) or comb feature (50) of the female connector (34). Structural features of the female connector allow the insulative housing to be injection molded using dies which open only in the axial direction.</p> |
