Patent 11233346 was granted and assigned to Molex on January, 2022 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A connector body includes a mating guide part having a mating recess, a reinforcing bracket includes a body part attached to the outer side of an end wall part of the mating guide part, an end wall cover part connected to an upper end of the body part and covers an upper side and an inner side of the end wall part, and a contact arm connected to a lower end of the end wall cover part, the contact arm includes a bottom surface part extending along a bottom surface of the mating recess and an upright part extending upward from a tip of the bottom surface part, and the upright part includes a contact projection near a tip thereof, the contact projection extending toward the center in the width direction of the connector body.