Patent ID: 8192236

Claim:
A battery connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a front mating face, a rear face and a plurality of receiving passageways running through the front face to define an opening, the opening defining an upper inside face and a lower inside face; a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing and including a retaining portion retained in the receiving passageway, an elastic portion and a soldering portion located at two sides of the retaining portion, and an engaging portion exposing to the front face through the opening; the engaging portion intersecting with the front face, defining a first joint point adjacent to the upper inside face and a second joint point adjacent to the lower inside face, the engaging portion defining a free distal end abutting against an inner face opposite to the front face of a front wall of the insulative housing; wherein the insulative housing further defines a protrusion extending from the lower inside face towards the upper inside face in a condition that a distance between the second joint point and a top face of the protrusion is smaller than a length of the free distal end.