Patent ID: 7134878

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing subassembly defining at least one receiving space extending therethrough; at least one contact terminal received in an upper portion of the corresponding receiving space, said contact terminal being stamped from one metal piece and defining a first coupling section, and a contact tip section for mating a complementary electronic part; at least one retaining terminal received in a lower portion of the corresponding receiving space, said retaining terminal defining a second coupling section, and a contact end for mounting to a printed circuit board; and at least one biasing device disposed in the hosing and urging the contact terminal to move in a first direction to have said contact tip section of the contact terminal exposed above a face of the housing subassembly; wherein said first coupling section is engaged with the second coupling section when the contact tip section of the contact terminal is pressed by the complementary electronic part to resist said biasing device and the contact terminal is moved in a second direction essentially opposite to said first direction, so as to form an electrical path from the contact tip section of the contact terminal to the contact end of the retaining terminal, and wherein one of said first and second coupling sections defines a resilient terminal, and wherein one of said first and second coupling sections defines a resilient curved configuration easily moving along a plane defined by the other of said first and second coupling sections when the contact terminal is moved.