Patent ID: 8303089

Claim:
An electrical connector for a print ink cartridge, comprising: a housing including: a thin protrusion having a rectangle shape on one side portion thereof; a plurality of pin grooves spaced apart predetermined intervals from each in one side lower portion of the protrusion; a plurality of format ribs spaced apart predetermined intervals from each other in the other side of the protrusion; and coupling bosses having a wedge shape separately protruding on both sides of each of the ribs; a connection terminal serving as a torsion spring, the connecting terminal including: a pin connector inserted into each of the pin grooves of the housing and fixed in a straight line orientation; a wound coupling insert fitted into each of the coupling bosses to give elasticity thereto; a parallel extending from the coupling insert and along each of the ribs; a bend bent at a front end of the parallel; and a socket connector bent in a state where the socket connector is connected to the bend, the socket connector being connected to an external socket; and a cover integrally fixed to the housing by a plurality of coupling hooks disposed on the housing, the cover including pin connector grooves pressing the pin connector of the coupling terminal in a downward direction in a side surface of the cover.