Patent ID: 7399187
Filing Date: 2008-07-15
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An I/O connector, comprising: a housing, having a top wall, a bottom wall and two sidewalls, a recess surrounded by the top wall, the bottom wall and the sidewalls; an insulating body, received in the recess, defining fixing cavities on a bottom surface thereof and fixing grooves on a back surface thereof; and a plurality of terminals, received in the insulating body, each of the terminals having a fixing portion received in the corresponding fixing cavity, one end of the fixing portion bending to form a mounting portion received in the corresponding fixing groove, the other end of the fixing portion bending sideward to form a bent portion, one end of the bent portion extending downward and separating into two elastic arms, free ends of the two elastic arms bending toward two reverse directions respectively and then bending reversely to approach each other again to form two contact portions, each free end of the contact portions extending downward, the contact portions located under the bottom surface of the insulating body and passing through an opening formed in the bottom wall of the housing to insert into corresponding holes of a printed circuit board and abut against inner surfaces thereof.