Electrical Connector And Contact Insertion Guide

Abstract

The invention relates to a contact insertion guide structure having a contact and an insulative housing. The contact having a mating portion for contacting a mating contact at one end, a terminal portion for connecting to a circuit board on an opposite end, and a press-fit section between the mating portion and the terminal portion. The housing having a contact receiving passageway through which the contact is inserted, and a securing section which is formed in an inner wall of the contact receiving passageway and into which the press-fit section is received. The contact further includes a first narrow section formed closer to the terminal portion than the press-fit section and thinner than the press-fit section, and a second narrow section formed closer to the terminal portion than the first narrow section and further thinner than the first narrow section. The housing further comprising a wide section that is formed in the contact receiving passageway at a more downstream side in a direction where the contact is inserted than a position where the securing section is formed. The wide section has a larger width than that of the first narrow section of the contact. The housing further including a contact support section that is formed in the contact receiving passageway at a more downstream side in the direction where the contact is inserted than a position where the wide section is formed, and the contact supporting section supporting the first narrow section of the contact.

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