Patent ID: 7438608

Claim:
A female terminal in a socket connector, which is formed in one-piece construction from a metal sheet and comprises a contact portion and an attachment portion distant from the contact portion, wherein the attachment portion is set to attach to a wire core, while the contact portion is set to permit a pin to plug in and contact conductively, and a neck with a smaller diameter is provided between the contact portion and the attachment portion, wherein, the contact portion comprises an outer barrel and an inner tube, wherein the inner tube has one end connected with the neck directly and has the opposite end connected with the outer barrel via a folded part, and the outer barrel is shorter than the inner tube, wherein the inner tube has a plurality of spring elements extending axially, each having a biasing section toward the inner tube axis for matching the contact pin, in which each said spring element has the end distant from the biasing section connected to the inner tube and has the opposite end near the biasing section separated from the inner wall of the inner tube with a slit.