摘要:
An electrical connector housing (12) includes a deformable contact retention plate (30) for accommodating the tails (48) of electrical contacts (14). Contact tails are supported within slots (40) in the retention plate both at a closed end of the slot as well as at an intermediate location therealong. The contact retention plate (30) may be deformed about the contacts so as to captively retain the contact tails (48) within the slots. Such deformation may be achieved by ultrasonically swaging the plastic forming the contact retention plate (30) about the contact tails (48).