Patent ID: 8011973

Claim:
An electrical connector for use in an endoscope, comprising: an elongated insulation body having a longitudinal axis and including a matrix of welding pads divided by a plurality of parallel guiding grooves located at an end surface that is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis; and a plurality of conductive terminals that are permanently fixed within the elongated insulation body, substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the elongated insulation body, and electrically insulated from one another, wherein each conductive terminal includes a head that is bent to be electrically coupled to one of the matrix of welding pads, a pair of clamping fins that are projected into the elongated insulation body in respective directions that are substantially deviated from the longitudinal axis of the elongated insulation body, and a tail that is located outside the elongated insulation body substantially along the longitudinal axis of the elongated insulation body.