Patent ID: 7568920

Claim:
A computer input device, comprising: a base having a mounting slot; a cover mounted on the base; a printed circuit board positioned between the base and the cover, the printed circuit board having a plurality of signal contacts; a cable having an end electrically connectable to a computer; and an electrical connector positioned between the base and the printed circuit board, the electrical connector being connected to the end of the cable and having: an insulating base, the insulating base being mounted in the mounting slot of the base and having a plurality of slots, and a plurality of conductive terminals respectively mounted in the slots of the insulating base, each conductive terminal having: a mounting portion mounted in a corresponding slot of the insulating base, a contact portion formed on and extending up from a top end of the mounting portion, the contact portion protruding out from the insulating base and electrically contacting with a corresponding signal contact of the printed circuit board, and a pin portion formed on and horizontally extending forward from a bottom end of the mounting portion under the contact portion, the pin portion having an unbent free end connected to the end of the cable.