US 7,614,883 B2
Electrical connector
David W. Mendenhall, Naperville, Ill. (US); Hecham K. Elkhatib, Aurora, Ill. (US); and Richard Miklinski, Jr., Aurora, Ill. (US)
Assigned to Cinch Connectors, Inc., Lombard, Ill. (US)
Filed on Jan. 04, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/28,858.
Application 11/028858 is a division of application No. 10/458909, filed on Jun. 11, 2003, granted, now 6,921,270.
Prior Publication US 2005/0118889 A1, Jun. 02, 2005
Int. Cl. H01R 12/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 439—66  [439/71] 43 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electrical connector comprising:
an insulative housing including a first surface, a second surface, and a plurality of apertures disposed from the first surface to the second surface, and
a resilient contact including a first spring arm, a second spring arm, and a center portion, the aperture includes a sidewall, and the resilient contact includes a bendable retention post trapping the sidewall for floatingly retaining the resilient contact in the aperture.