Patent ID: 8282431

Claim:
An electrical connector adapted for connecting with two circuit boards, comprising: a lengthwise insulating housing defining a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface confronting with said two circuit boards respectively, the insulating housing comprising two rows of passageways arranged along a lengthwise direction thereof and running through the first surface and the second surface; and two rows of conductive terminals respectively disposed in the two rows of passageways, each terminal comprising a middle portion and two contacting arms extending from opposite ends of the middle portion for elastically pressing against said two circuit boards, the two contacting arms of said terminals respectively extending beyond the first and second surfaces and curving inwards; each terminals further comprising a stopping rib at a first lateral side of the middle portion and a spring rib at a second lateral side opposite to the first lateral side of the middle portion, each passageway defines a first stopping shoulder adjacent to the second surface and a second stopping shoulder adjacent to the first surface; wherein the stopping ribs are lodged against the first stopping shoulder or the spring ribs are lodged against the second stopping shoulder so that the terminals are moveable limited in the passageways in a condition that a distance between the first stopping shoulder and the second stopping shoulder is larger than that between the stopping rib and the spring rib along a height direction perpendicular to the first and second surface.