Patent ID: 8366455

Claim:
A battery connector adapted for electrically interconnecting a male and a female printed circuit boards, comprising: a male connector adapted to be mounted to the male printed circuit board, the male connector having: a male housing, a front portion of a bottom of the male housing protruding downward to form an insertion portion; a plurality of male terminals of which each has a male base portion molded in the male housing, a rear end of the male base portion extending upward and then extending rearward to form a male soldering portion projected out from a rear of the male housing to be soldered on the male printed circuit board, a front end of the male base portion smoothly inclining downward and then being arched downward to form a male contact portion projected out from a front of the male housing; and a male shielding shell mounted on the male housing, and having a male base plate projected beyond the front of the male housing; and a female connector adapted to be mounted to the female printed circuit board, and engaged with the male connector, the female connector having: a female housing, a front side of a top of the female housing defining a plurality of openings arranged at regular intervals, a rear side of the top of the female housing defining an insertion groove for receiving the insertion portion of the male housing therein, an insertion space being formed between a bottom of the male base plate and the top of the female housing, the male contact portion stretching in the insertion space and further into the corresponding opening; a plurality of female terminals of which each has a female contact portion molded in the female housing with a middle thereof exposed out from the opening to electrically contact with the male contact portion, a front end of the female contact portion being bent downward, and then extending forward to form a female soldering portion projected out from a front of the female housing to be soldered on the female printed circuit board; and a female shielding shell mounted under the female housing.