Electrical connector having contacts each with free guiding end

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a contact insertion face and a mating face;
• a plurality of passageways formed in the housing and upwardly extending through said contact insertion face;
• an engagement region formed in each of said passageways proximate the contact insertion face;
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways respectively, each of said contacts defining a retention section retaining the contact in the corresponding passageway, and a mounting tail extending from the retention section, a connecting arm extending from the retention section, a contact section extending from the connecting arm opposite to said retention section, and a pair of slanted engagement pieces formed around a distal longitudinal end of the contact section in a longitudinal direction thereof;
• wherein
• said contact is initially inserted into the corresponding passageways, respectively, from the contact insertion face under condition that the contact section is under a relaxed manner so as to have the contact section extend beyond the mating face with a first distance, and successively said contact section is under a deflected/preloaded manner to have the contact section extend beyond the mating face with a second distance smaller than the first distance, via engagement between the slanted engagement piece and the engagement region during further insertion of the contact into the corresponding passageway;
• wherein
• no addition tool is required to deflect the contact section but only via insertion of the contact into the passageway;
• wherein
• each of said contacts includes a retention piece at the distal longitudinal end, and said retention piece defines an inner edge under condition that said contact section upwardly, inwardly and obliquely extends from a middle region of said inner edge while said pair of slanted engagement pieces downwardly, inwardly and obliquely extend from two opposite lateral side regions of said inner edge so that a lateral dimension of said retention piece is essentially equal to a sum of that of the contact section and those of the slanted engagement pieces in a lateral direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction;
• wherein
• the retention piece abuts against the housing for preloading when the contact is fully assembled into the corresponding passageway.