Electrical connector having resilient contacts

An electrical connector comprising:

• a dielectric housing defining opposite upper mating and lower mounting faces thereon and further defining therein a contact-receiving passageway essentially extending along a first direction defined by said mating and mounting faces;
• a conductive contact including a straight base portion with a retention section extending in a sccond direction perpendicular to said first direction for being fixed to the housing below the passageway, and a spring portion received in the contact-receiving passageway with a contacting portion at a free end thereof;
• and
• a housing cover fastened to said housing in said second direction and cooperating with said housing to protectively sandwich the base portion therebetween, wherein
• said contacting portion extends out of the mating face, and said housing further defines a cavity communicate the passageway with an exterior along said second direction.

An electrical connector comprising:

• a housing assembly defining opposite mating and mounting faces;
• a contact disposed in the housing with a contacting portion extending out of the mating face and a horizontal tail portion exposed out of one elongated side of the mounting face in a first horizontal direction;
• a fixed pad attached to a bottom portion of the housing and including a horizontal section extending out of the other elongated side of the mounting face in a second direction opposite to said first direction;
• and
• a pair of retention members extending downwardly beyond the mounting face on two opposite lateral sides of the housing which are perpendicular to said elongated sides.