Electrical connector having contact receiving cavities located in ribs

Abstract

The present invention provides a female connector that can simplify the process of attaching male contacts by eliminating the need for the process of removing some of male contacts. The female connector has a female housing with recessed mating sections for receiving mating male connectors. A plurality of rows of male contacts protrude from the respective bottom surfaces of the recessed mating sections of the female housing to the interior portions of the recessed mating sections. Ribs protrude from the respective bottom surfaces of the recessed mating sections to the interior portions of the recessed mating sections with the protruding length from these bottom surfaces being greater than that of the male contacts. The ribs are provided in areas where the male contacts are arranged, and male contact receiving cavities that receive some of the male contacts are formed in the ribs.

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