Electrical connector and wire harness assembly with compression contacts

An electrical connector for use with a wire harness assembly, the electrical connector comprising:

• contacts provided on the electrical connector, the contacts have termination sections which are mounted on the electrical connector, compliant sections which extend from the termination sections, and substrate engagement sections which extend from the compliant sections, the termination sections having folded over areas provided proximate free ends, insulation displacement slots provided in the folded over areas cooperate with conductors of the wire harness assembly, the substrate engagement sections having curved contact sections which are configured to be positioned in mechanical and electrical engagement with circuit pads of a mating printed circuit board, first embossments extend from the termination sections to the compliant sections, second embossments provided on the curved contact sections;
• a housing with an upper surface and an oppositely facing lower surface, contact-receiving enclosures extend from the upper surface in a direction away from the lower surface, the contact-receiving enclosures dimensioned to receive portions of the termination sections of the contacts, contact-receiving projections extend from the lower surface in a direction away from the upper surface, slots provided in the contact-receiving projections, the slots are dimensioned to receive and retain a portion of the folded over areas of the termination sections therein;
• conductor-receiving conduits provided between the upper surface and the lower surface, the conductor-receiving conduits dimensioned to receive a portion of the conductors therein, wherein the conductors positioned in the conductor-receiving conduits extend through the contact-receiving enclosures.