Patent ID: 8142239

Claim:
A terminal structure comprising: a terminal base having an upper end and a lower end; at least two terminal base locking portions disposed on the upper end of the terminal base; at least two downward projections spaced apart and formed from a surface of the lower end of the terminal base, the projections are disposed in tandem in a plane; at least two spring terminals spaced apart and disposed in tandem and in the same plane as that of the at least two projections, each of the at least two spring terminals having a back end and a front end, each back end includes a locking portion to engage with one of the terminal base locking portions, and each of the front end includes a contact portion which is to be brought in contact with a corresponding power supply portion on a substrate; wherein each of the at least two projections provides a fulcrum for each of the at least two spring terminals to bend such that the contact portion on each of the spring terminals is pressurized when being brought into contact with the corresponding power supply portion on the substrate; wherein the back end of each of the at least two spring terminals is locked by one of the locking portions formed on upper end of the terminal base.