Patent ID: 7955095

Claim:
A battery connector for being mounted to a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulating housing defining a front surface, a rear surface and a mounting surface perpendicularly connecting with the front surface and the rear surface, the front surface having a plurality of contact receiving cavities spaced from one another, each of the contact receiving cavities extending perpendicular to the mounting surface, reaching the mounting surface; a plurality of contacts received in the contact receiving cavities respectively, each of the contacts having a contact portion of substantially rectangular block shape, a soldering portion, and a connecting portion having an upper end connected with a lower edge of a rear end of the contact portion and a lower end connected with a top edge of the soldering portion; wherein an upper partition is formed in the contact receiving cavity and extends forwardly from a bottom of the contact receiving cavity, without beyond the front surface; the insulating housing further includes a lower partition formed in the contact receiving cavity and extending forwardly from a bottom thereof without beyond the front surface, the upper partition and the lower partition are spaced from each other and divide the contact receiving cavity into three chambers; the contact has an upper notch receiving and clamping the upper partition, the upper notch splits the rear end of the contact portion into two protrusions; and the soldering portion has two opposite ends substantially flush with that of the contact portion, and a bottom surface substantially flush with the mounting surface for lying on the printed circuit board when the mounting surface of the insulating housing is attached to the printed circuit board; wherein the contact further includes a lower notch formed beside the connecting portion, between a lower protrusion of the two protrusions and a rear end portion of the soldering portion, the two protrusions respectively are inserted into the chambers at both sides of the upper partition and clamping the upper partition, the rear end portion of the soldering portion is received in the remaining clamber, and the lower notch is engaged with the lower partition.