Patent ID: 8172623

Claim:
A compression connector comprising: an insulative housing having a first mating surface and a second mating surface opposite to the first mating surface and defining a plurality of terminal cavities disposed between and running through the first and second mating faces; and a plurality of terminals assembled to the housing and each having a deforming portion received in the terminal cavity, an upper contact and a lower contact extending from opposite ends of the deforming portion, the upper contact extending beyond the first mating surface and the lower contact extending beyond the second mating surface; wherein the deforming portions are movably limited in the terminal cavities and will cause compressive deformation when either the upper contact or the lower contact is bearing an external pressure; wherein each terminal is vertically assembled into the terminal cavity from the second mating face and the terminal further forms a bolting portion to hold the deforming portion in the cavity, the bolting portion is movably retained in the housing; wherein each terminal cavity is depressed from the second mating face and forms an opening and a stop wall on the first mating face, a latching groove with a larger width than the terminal cavity is depressed from the first mating face to form a latching section near to the second mating face, the stop wall and the latching section of the terminal cavity co-limit the terminal in an upper and lower direction; wherein a width of the terminal cavity is narrower than that of the bolting portion and is larger than that of any other parts of the terminal.