Patent ID: 6979228

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a dielectric housing comprising a mating surface, a mating space in the mating surface, a passageway communicating with the mating space and having an inner face, and a stopper extending into the passageway; a terminal received in the passageway and comprising an intermediate beam having a fulcrum contacting with the inner face of the passageway and a spring arm extending curvedly from the intermediate beam, the spring arm having a contact portion extending into the mating space and a tab abutting against the stopper for being pre-stressed, the intermediate beam and the inner face of the passageway defining an elongated slit therebetween, the spring arm and the inner face of the passageway defining a room therebetween communicating with the elongated slit, the contact portion being movable toward the inner face of the passageway to cause the fulcrum moving toward the spring arm.