Patent ID: 8523580

Claim:
An electrical connector to be connected to a mating connector, comprising: a housing including a bottom wall portion, a protruding wall portion, and a hole portion, said protruding wall portion including a vertical wall portion and a recess portion, said hole portion penetrating the bottom wall portion and connected to the recess portion, said recess portion being recessed from the vertical wall portion toward a bottom surface thereof by a recessed depth; and a terminal disposed in the housing along a longitudinal direction of the housing, said terminal including a held section fixed to the housing and an elastic arm section, said elastic arm section having a base portion extending from the held portion, a contact portion disposed at a distal end portion thereof, and a transition portion between the base portion and the contact portion, wherein said base portion and the transition portion are situated outside the recess portion so that the transition portion is situated away from the bottom surface of the recess portion b at least the recessed depth in a deforming direction that the elastic arm section is deformed relative to the recess portion.