Patent ID: 6939176

Claim:
An electrical connector mounted to a circuit board in an apparatus body and retaining a memory card thereby establishing electrical connection between the memory card and a circuit component in the apparatus body, the electrical connector comprising a connector housing for receiving and retaining the memory card, and a connecting terminal fixed in the connector housing, the connecting terminal including an elongated body member having a proximal connecting portion, a distal connecting portion, a bellows-shaped folded portion and an intermediate portion having a first surface and an opposite second surface, the proximal connecting portion connected to and extending from first surface of the intermediate portion at one end thereof in a stepped down manner and the distal connecting portion connected to and extending from the first surface of the intermediate portion at an opposite end thereof in a stepped down manner with the proximal connecting portion and the distal connecting portion being aligned with one another along a longitudinal axis, the intermediate portion including a generally rectangular section disposed offset relative to the longitudinal axis, the bellows-shaped folded portion projecting from the second surface and connected to the generally rectangular section, wherein the bellows-shaped folded portion being capable of electrically contacting the memory card retained by the connector housing, and the proximal connecting portion and the distal connecting portion being connected with the circuit board to which the electrical connector is mounted.