Patent ID: 7794267

Claim:
A card edge connector for electrically connecting wires to contact pads proximate an edge of a circuit board, the card edge connector comprising: a housing having a wire receiving face and a board receiving face, terminal receiving cavities extending from proximate the wire receiving face toward the board receiving face, a board receiving slot extending from the board receiving face toward the terminal receiving face, the board receiving slot extends from the terminal receiving cavities and extends across more than one terminal receiving cavity; terminals positioned in the terminal receiving cavities, the terminals having insulation displacement sections proximate the wire receiving face and board engagement sections, the board engagement sections extending from the terminal receiving cavities into the board receiving slot; whereby the board receiving slot is dimensioned to receive the edge of circuit board therein, such that the board engagement sections are resiliently displaced as the circuit board is inserted into the board receiving slot, causing the board engagement sections to be biased against contact pads proximate the edge of the circuit board providing an electrical engagement between the board engagement sections and the contact pads.