Patent ID: 8092236

Claim:
A battery connector adapted for being assembled to a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulating housing having a top surface, a front surface, a rear surface opposite to the front surface, and two opposite side surfaces, the insulating housing defining a plurality of terminal cavities penetrating through the rear surface and receiving grooves passing through the top surface and the front surface and being connected with the corresponding terminal cavities, two holding grooves being opened in two opposite ends of the insulating housing, a portion of each of the side surfaces of the insulating housing protruding outward to form a locating piece for pressing against the printed circuit board; two holding elements each having a base plate mounted to the holding groove and a holding piece which extends outward and then is bent downward from a middle of a bottom edge of the base plate, the holding piece projecting out of the holding groove to be inserted into the printed circuit board when the locating piece presses against the printed circuit board; and a plurality of terminals respectively received in the terminal cavities, each of the terminals having a base portion of which two opposite side edges extend upward to form a pair of propping portions, two front edges of the two propping portions extending forward to form two elastic portions, and two contacting portions being protruded from two free ends of the elastic portions to form an interstice therebetween and facing towards the receiving groove, a portion of a rear edge of one of the propping portions extending rearward and then being bent downward to form a soldering portion projecting out of the terminal cavity to be electrically inserted in the printed circuit board.