Electrical connector with improved contacts

An electrical connector to be mounted on a printed circuit board, comprising:

• an insulative housing having a receiving cavity for receiving a mating plug and a plurality of passageways;
• and
• a plurality of contacts retained in the passageways respectively, including:
• a first contact having a first vertical base portion, a connection portion extending inwardly from the first vertical base portion, a first contacting arm extending inwardly from the connection portion and projecting into the receiving cavity to contact with the mating plug, a first soldering portion connected to a bottom end of the first vertical base portion;
• the connection portion is disposed between the first vertical base portion and the first contacting arm along a lateral direction of the housing, both the connection portion and the first contacting arm are deflectable along the lateral direction, a first space is formed between the first vertical base portion and the vertical plate portion along a lateral direction, a second space is formed between the first contacting arm and the vertical plate portion, the second space is larger than the first space.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a plug receiving cavity extending along an axial direction thereof;
• a plurality of contact receiving passageways extending upwardly from a bottom face of the housing and communicating with the plug receiving cavity under condition that some of said contact receiving passageways extend through a top face of the housing which is opposite to the bottom face;
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding contact receiving passageways, respectively;
• wherein
• a first one of said contacts defines a horizontally lying U-shaped contacting section in an inner side and an upstanding mounting section on an outer side under condition that said U-shaped contact section and said upstanding mounting section linked via a curved edge region which extends along an oblique direction in a side view so that said one of the contacts essentially extends along a longitudinal direction in an extended manner on a raw metal sheet before forming for consideration of saving material.