Patent ID: 7494347

Claim:
A board-to-board connector comprising: a first insulative housing having an intermediate portion extending longitudinally between a pair of opposed side walls, a plurality of first passageways being defined in the intermediate portion arrayed in at least two rows opposing each other, positioning portions being formed on the first insulative housing and respectively protruding into the first passageways; and a plurality of first terminals, each including a base positioned in the first passageway of the first insulative housing, a first soldering portion extending outwardly from a bottom of a side of the base and extending out of the first passageway, and a bifurcate upper contact portion extending upwardly from the base and being inserted in the first passageway, the upper contact portion having two contact sections defining a symmetrically configured pair of opposed contact surfaces projecting laterally outward from one of the first passageways, a concave portion being defined between the two contact sections for corresponding to the positioning portion; wherein first rails are formed along parallel upper and lower edges of each of the opposed side walls of the first insulative housing, a first recess being defined in each of the opposed side walls of the first insulative housing to extend transversely between the first rails thereof; wherein first pads are slidable along the first mils, each first pad forming a first abutting portion for corresponding to the first recess to be positioned.