Patent ID: 8435076

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulative housing defining a mating surface and a mounting surface opposite to the mating surface, a pair of first side faces connecting with the mating face and the mounting face, a receiving room penetrating through the pair of first side faces and a through hole running through the mating face and communicating with the receiving room; and a metallic terminal comprising a mating board of frame shape received in the receiving room and soldering legs bending from the mating board to expose to the mounting face, the mating board having an opening therein; wherein two spiral mating arms extend oppositely from opposite inside edges of the opening of the mating board with free ends thereof aligned with the through hole, the two spiral mating arms are formed from the mating board by direct-stamping; wherein the soldering legs perpendicularly bend from two opposite first outside edges of the mating board near to four corners of the mating board; wherein a pair of retention portions is defined at two opposite second outside edges which connect with said two opposite first outside of the mating board, which are retained in a pair of retention slots defined on opposite inner faces of the receiving room.