Patent ID: 7497744

Claim:
A terminal structure of an electrical connector, wherein the terminal structure is to be assembled in a terminal slot of a plastic base, and is integrally formed by pressing a metal plate having a first surface, which extends in a lengthwise direction and a widthwise direction, and a second surface, which extends in a thickwise direction and the lengthwise direction and is connected to the first surface, the terminal structure comprising: a fixing portion, wherein the first surface of the fixing portion is longitudinally fixed in the terminal slot of the plastic base and is wider so that the first surface of the fixing portion is fixed in the terminal slot of the plastic base; and an elastic arm, which is connected to a bottom end of the fixing portion, wherein over 70% of the first surface of the elastic arm are disposed on the same plane and the first surface of the elastic arm has a curved shape, the first surface of the elastic arm is narrower than the first surface of the fixing portion, an angle smaller than 30 degrees is formed between the first surfaces of the elastic arm and the fixing portion, and a top end of the elastic arm exceeds a top end of the fixing portion, and is formed with a contact which may be elastically moved to contact a contact of a chip.