Patent ID: 7497743

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: a base formed with a plurality of terminal slots each having two opposite first walls and two opposite second walls; and a plurality of terminals formed by pressing a metal plate to form a material tape and the terminals, which are continuous terminals and connected to the material tape, wherein each of the terminals is assembled within a corresponding one of the terminal slots of the base and then separated from the material tape, each of the terminals has a cut surface and a plate surface and comprises a fixing portion, an elastic arm and a pin portion, the fixing portion has a plate surface close to the first wall of the terminal slot for positioning, the elastic arm is connected to the fixing portion and has a plate surface, which extends longitudinally and slantingly upwards in a direction toward one side of the fixing portion and extends across the second wall to a location above a neighboring one of the terminal slots adjacent to the terminal slot, a connection point near a distal end of the elastic arm is formed, and the pin portion is disposed below the fixing portion and extends downwards to a bottom end of the base.