Electrical connector with stabilized contact

Claim 1

A right angle electrical connector comprising: a housing having a mating face adapted to mate with a complementary electrical connector, an assembly face adapted to receive at least one electrical contact therein, said assembly face being opposed from said mating face, a third face adapted for establishing electrical connection with a complementary electrical article, said third face being at right angles to said mating face, said housing including at least one contact-receiving passageway extending from said assembly face to said mating face, said passageway having a contact-receiving slot open to said third face and to said assembly face; an electrical contact disposed in an associated one of said at least one housing passageway, each said contact having a first connecting portion exposed at said mating face for electrical engagement with said complementary connector and a second connecting portion extending from said third face and outwardly from said housing for electrical connection to said electrical article, said second connecting portion being at right angles to said first connecting portion, and a retention section remote from and opposite said second connecting portion and associated with a cooperable housing portion thereat; said cooperable housing portion being opposite from said third face and defining a channel extending forwardly from said assembly face toward said mating face and in communication with said slot, said channel having a width corresponding generally with the thickness of said contact so that said channel is adapted to receive said retention section thereinto upon receiving said contact from said assembly face of said housing; said contact retention section having a barb at a leading end thereof receivable in a forward end of said channel with said barb dimensioned to create an interference fit with said forward channel portion when said contact is assembled into said housing to resist rearward movement of said contact after full assembly of said contact into said housing.