Electrical connector assembly

An electrical connector assembly comprising:

• a first connector defining a first housing with a pair of first sidewalls thereof;
• a plurality of first contacts disposed on inner faces of said pair of first sidewalls;
• a second connector defining a second housing with a pair of second sidewalls with a central island between;
• a plurality of second contacts disposed by two sides of said central island;
• each of said first contacts including a mating portion being inside of the corresponding sidewall, and a mating end being outside of the corresponding first sidewall;
• and
• each of said second contacts including a first contacting portion being inside of the corresponding second sidewall, and a second contacting portion being outside of the second corresponding sidewall;
• wherein
• for each mated first contact and second contact, the mating portion engages the corresponding first contacting portion and the mating end engages the corresponding second contacting portion.

An electrical connector assembly comprising:

• a first connector defining a first housing with at least one first sidewall thereof;
• a plurality of first contacts with respectively stiff mating portions disposed on an inner face of said first sidewall and stiff mating ends exposed outside of the said first sidewall;
• a second connector defining a second housing with at least a second sidewall;
• a plurality of second contacts with inner resilient contacting portions and outer stiff contacting portions respectively disposed by two sides of said second sidewall;
• and
• the mating portions with the associated first sidewall being sandwiched between the corresponding inner resilient contact portions and outer stiff contacting portions, respectively;
• wherein
• the mating portions are mechanically and electrically engaged respectively with the corresponding inner resilient contacting portions, and the mating ends are mechanically and electrically engaged respectively with the corresponding outer stiff contacting portions.

An electrical connector assembly, comprising:

• a male connector comprising an elongate first insualtive housing and a plurality of male contacts defined therein, each male contact having a mating portion;
• a female connector comprising an elongate second insulative housing and a plurality of female contacts defined therein, each female contact having a base portion, a first and a second contacting portions spaced from each other and extending upwardly from the base portion in a substantially parallel manner such that a given space is defined therebetween;
• and
• the mating portion of the male contact being inserted into the space and establish electrical connection with both the first and the second contacting portions of the female contact;
• wherein
• the second insulative housing of the female connector has a pair of spaced side walls and a central island defined between the side walls;
• wherein
• the first contacting portion is received in the central island, and the second contacting portion is located outside the side wall and extends beyond the tip surface of the side wall.