Patent ID: 11936126
Assignee: MOLEX, LLC
Field: nan (nan)
Classification: CPC nan | IPC H

Claim 8:
9. A receptacle connector comprising:
an insulative housing having a bottom face, a top face opposite to the bottom face and a plurality of terminal grooves, each terminal groove having a positioning groove portion which penetrates the bottom face and the top face and an accommodating groove portion which extends transversely from the positioning groove portion and penetrates the top face, and a wall face which defines the positioning groove portion comprising two first side wall faces which face each other and are spaced apart from each other, a second side wall face which connects one side of each of the two the first side wall faces and a third side wall face which connects the two first side wall face, faces the second side wall face and is spaced apart from the second side wall face, at least one of the two first side wall faces forming a step portion, which protrudes, at a position where the at least one of the two first side wall faces is close to the bottom face, a height of the third side wall face being lower than a height of the second side wall face so as to make the positioning groove portion and the accommodating groove portion communicated with each other, a wall face which defines the accommodating groove portion comprising a bottom wall face which faces the top face and is connected with the third side wall face, and the bottom wall face forming a protruding portion at a position where the bottom wall face is adjacent to the third side wall face; and
a plurality of terminals respectively provided to the plurality of terminal grooves, each terminal comprising a soldering segment adjacent to the bottom face and a bending arm, the bending arm having an abutting segment which extends upwardly from one end of the soldering segment and is adjacent to the third side wall face, a lower bending segment which bends and obliquely extend upwardly from the abutting segment toward the accommodating groove portion and is close to the protruding portion, an elastic bending segment which first extends from the lower bending segment away from the second side wall face and then bends back and obliquely extends upwardly close to the second side wall face, an upper bending segment which bends and extend upwardly from the elastic bending segment and a contact segment which extends upwardly from the upper bending segment, a shoulder portion which protrudes relative to a corresponding side edge of the soldering segment being formed to each of at least one side edge of two side edges of the abutting segment which are connected with the soldering segment, and the shoulder portion pressing against the corresponding step portion to be positioned.