Patent ID: 7632156

Claim:
A plug connector, comprising: a housing having an extending portion with a receiving cavity formed in a front end thereof and a plurality of grooves formed in upper and lower internal sides of the extending portion in open communication with the receiving cavity and extending through the housing; and a plurality of terminals respectively fixed in the grooves, each of the terminals having a longitudinally extended plate shaped base portion, a fixed portion extending forwardly from a side of a front end of the base portion, a middle portion of the fixed portion being arched to form a plate shaped contact portion transversely spaced from the base portion, each terminal having an elastic arm formed from a slit side of the base portion that is folded forwardly to be disposed rearwardly of and substantially in longitudinal alignment with the contact portion, each terminal having, a propping portion being formed at a free end of the elastic arm, the fixed portion and the base portion being disposed in a respective groove, the contact portion being disposed adjacent to the receiving cavity and the propping portion being disposed to protrude into the receiving cavity, both the contact portion and the propping portion of each terminal being used for electrically connecting with respective portions of a mating terminal.