Patent ID: 7497700

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a connector body having a mating surface and a mounting surface, and a plurality of passageways extending from the mating surface towards the mounting surface and through said connector body; a passageway retention wall extending into each of the passageways; and terminals inserted into the passageways from the mating surface, each of said terminals including a mating section essentially having opposite front and back walls and two opposite side walls commonly defining a frame like cross-section with a receiving cavity therein, the front wall including a pair of cantilevered spring arms with a gap therebetween while the back wall having a solder tail extending therefrom for mounting to a printed circuit board on which the connector is seated, at least one of said side walls having a rigid retention plate defining thereof a retention edge, said retention edge adapted to be rested on said passageway retention wall for securing said terminal onto the connector body.