Male-female mating type electrical connector

A male-female mating type electrical connector comprising a first connector retaining a plurality of conductive first contacts in an insulating first retaining member, and an second connector retaining a plurality of conductive second contacts in an insulating second retaining member, each of the first contacts being abutted against and electrically connected to a corresponding one of the second contacts by mating the first retaining member and the second retaining member, wherein

• the first contacts are each composed of an elongated plate member supported in a cantilevered manner by the first retaining member, extending forward in a mating direction, and being rectangular in cross section,
• the first contacts each have a first contacting portion at a distal end portion, a face of the first contacting portion on a side in which the first contact contacts the second contact having a planar shape and protruding toward the side in which the first contact contacts the second contact,
• the first contacts each have a first abutting portion extending backward in the mating direction from the first contacting portion, a face of the first abutting portion on the side in which the first contact contacts the second contact having an arcuate cross-sectional shape,
• the second contacts are each composed of an elongated plate member supported in a cantilevered manner by the second retaining member, extending forward in the mating direction, and being rectangular in cross section,
• the second contacts each have an second contacting portion at a distal end portion, a face of the second contacting portion on a side in which the second contact contacts the first contact having a planar shape and protruding toward the side in which the second contact contacts the first contact, and
• the second contacts each have an second abutting portion extending backward in the mating direction from the second contacting portion, a face of the second abutting portion on the side in which the second contact contacts the first contact having an arcuate cross-sectional shape.

A male-female mating type electrical connector comprising a first connector retaining a plurality of conductive first contacts in an insulating first retaining member, and an second connector retaining a plurality of conductive second contacts in an insulating second retaining member, each of the first contacts being abutted against and electrically connected to a corresponding one of the second contacts by mating the first retaining member and the second retaining member, wherein

• the first contacts are each composed of an elongated plate member supported in a cantilevered manner by the first retaining member, extending forward in a mating direction, and being rectangular in cross section,
• the first contacts each have a first contacting portion at a distal end portion, a face of the first contacting portion on a side in which the first contact contacts the second contact having an arcuate cross-sectional shape and protruding toward the side in which the first contact contacts the second contact,
• the first contacts each have an elastic arm portion extending backward in the mating direction from the first contacting portion, and
• the second contacts are each composed of an elongated plate member supported by the second retaining member, extending in the mating direction, and being rectangular cross section, and have an second abutting portion, a face of the second abutting portion on a side in which the second contact contacts the first contact having a planar shape.

A male-female mating type electrical connector comprising a first connector retaining a plurality of conductive first contacts in an insulating first retaining member, and an second connector retaining a plurality of conductive second contacts in an insulating second retaining member, each of the first contacts being abutted against and electrically connected to a corresponding one of the second contacts by mating the first retaining member and the second retaining member, wherein

• the first contacts are each composed of an elongated plate member supported in a cantilevered manner by the first retaining member, extending forward in a mating direction, and being rectangular in cross section,
• the first contacts each have a first contacting portion at a distal end portion, a face rectangular in cross section of the first contacting portion on a side in which the first contact contacts the second contact protruding in a curved shape toward the side in which the first contact contacts the second contact,
• the first contacts each have an elastic arm portion extending backward in the mating direction from the first contacting portion, and
• the second contacts each have an second abutting portion extending in the mating direction, a face of the second abutting portion on a side in which the second contact contacts the first contact having an arcuate cross-sectional shape.