Patent ID: 8821191

Claim:
A connector, comprising: a housing configured as a plate-like body, comprising a bottom surface, an upper surface opposite the bottom surface, opposite end portions, opposite side portions, and a plurality of openings formed from the upper surface to the bottom surface and being adjacent to the opposite end portions; and a plurality of terminals corresponding to the plurality of openings, each terminal comprising a base portion including a soldering portion and opposite first and second edges, two attaching portions extending parallel to a direction from the second edge to the first edge and configured to have a height different from that of the base portion, two connecting portions respectively disposed adjacent to opposite ends of the first edge and correspondingly connecting the first edge and the attaching portions, and an elastic arm portion including a contact part and extending, from a location between the ends of the first edge, upward and along the direction from the second edge to the first edge with the contact part above the corresponding opening; wherein the two attaching portions of each terminal are attached to the housing, disposed adjacent to the corresponding end portion of the housing and respectively on opposite sides of the corresponding opening, and wherein the base portion and the connecting portions of each terminal are disposed outside the corresponding end portion.