Abstract: An electrical connector includes a hollow socket, an insert engageable with the socket and a plural number of terminals located in the terminal slots formed in the insert. The socket has two rows of pressing rib to press the terminals against a terminal stopper so that terminals may be held securely and precisely in a plural number of separating ridges. The insert has two levels of V-shaped terminal slots and wedge slots to hold terminals securely therein. Each terminal has pointed bulges on lateral edges to engage with the terminal slot. The socket has fully covered walls to prevent crosstalk interference.

Abstract: A two-layer multi-wire connecting socket structure is disclosed. It comprises a housing, a socket body, a plurality of pin seats arranged as an upper layer and a lower layer, and a pin package lid. The socket body has a plurality of through-holes arranged as an upper row and a lower row for receiving the upper layer and lower layer pin seats, respectively. The pin seat is formed as a generally L-shaped plastic member with a plurality of pins embedded therein. For each of the pins, one end thereof is bent to form a slanting terminal for contacting with a plug, and another end thereof is projecting outside of the plastic member for engaging with a PC board. The pin package lid covers one side of the socket body to allow the projecting pins to be securely spaced and aligned. The connecting socket structure so disclosed has the advantage of achieving smooth operation when a socket is inserted into a PC board. The two-layer structure also saves space on the PC board.