Electrical box contact with stress limitation

A box receptacle contact or terminal 10 is used in an electrical connector 2, typically of type employing multiple terminals 10. The box receptacle contact 10 has a cantilever spring contact beam 12 extending from a receptacle base 14. The spring contract arm 12 is reversely bent intermediate the ends of the spring contact beam to form a reversely bent section 20 at a forward portion of the spring contact arm 12. The spring contact beam is outwardly deflectable relative to the receptacle base 14 when mated with a mating contact 80, such as a blade or pin terminal. Two receptacle sidewalls 42, 44 are formed upwardly from the receptacle base 14 on opposite sides of the spring contact beam 12. Lateral projections 38, 40 extend from edges of the spring contact beam 12 between the cantilever spring base 16 and the reversely bent section 20. The lateral projections 38, 40 extend beneath the sidewalls 42, 44 to limit inward deflection of the spring contact beam 12 relative to the receptacle base 14. In this manner the cantilever contact beam. 12 is not be damaged or overstressed when the terminal 10 is inserted into a connector housing cavity 6.