Patent ID: 7150632

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a plurality of passageways extending throughout a top surface and an opposite bottom surface; a plurality of electrical terminals received in corresponding passageways, respectively; each terminal including a base portion in the passageway and a first spring arm extending out of the top surface of the housing and adapted to be electrically connected with a first electronic component and a second spring arm extending out of the bottom surface of the housing and adapted to be electrically connected with a second electronic component; and wherein the first and the second spring arms each has a resisting portion, the resisting portions do not resist the base portion before the spring arms are pressed by the first and the second electronic components, and resist the base portion after the spring arms are pressed by the first and the second electronic components so as to form a shorter electrical circuit path between the electronic components; wherein the first spring arm of the terminal extends out of the top surface of the housing from a first securing portion of the terminal, and the second spring arm of the terminal extends out of the bottom surface of the housing from a second securing portion of the terminal; wherein the base portion of the terminal comprises a first base plate interconnecting the first and the second securing portions of the terminal and a second base plate connects to one of the first and second securing portions and opposite to the first base plate; wherein the first and the second base plates and the first and the second securing portions encircle a substantially closed inner space; wherein at least one barb is formed at each of the first and the second securing portions for securing the terminal in the passageway; wherein the resisting portions are formed in free ends of the first and the second spring arms and each comprises an outer resisting point and an inner resisting point.