Patent ID: 7887374

Claim:
An electrical connector for inserting into a mating electrical connector, the mating electrical connector including a plurality of mating terminals, the electrical connector comprising: an insulation body 300 having a terminal retaining recess; a terminal fastening element 100 assembled to said insulation body, and including a terminal fastening portion, and a tongue portion extending from said terminal fastening portion, and having a top side, a bottom side and a front end; and a plurality of terminals arranged along an arranging direction, each of the terminals defining a connecting end fixed on the terminal fastening portion, a bending section covering to the top side, the front end and the bottom side of the tongue portion and distancing the bottom side of the tongue portion with an elastic space and a retaining end in sequence, the connecting end being fixed on the terminal fastening portion, the bending section covering to the top side, the front end and the bottom side of the tongue portion and distancing the bottom side of the tongue portion with an elastic space, the retaining end being received and applying an elastic force onto a terminal retaining recess; wherein, when the electrical connector is inserted into the mating electrical connector, the mating terminal pushes the terminal to decrease the elastic space.