Patent ID: 7287986

Claim:
An electrical connector for electrically connecting a motherboard with a circuit board, the electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a front face and a rear face, a mounting surface for mounting the housing to a frame, a plurality of terminal insertion slots opening in and extending between the front face and the rear face and a blocking portion positioned proximate said front face at an upper edge of the terminal insertion slots, said housing including an indentation disposed therein for locating said housing on said frame and for reducing a height of said housing above said frame; and a plurality of terminals, each terminal having a fixing portion, a solder portion connected to one end of the fixing portion and a forwardly extending elastic arm connected to the other end, the elastic arm being connected to a contacting portion, the terminals being held in said terminal insertion slots in said housing, the solder portion protruding out of the said rear face of the insulation housing, an upper surface of the elastic arms of said terminals in engagement with a lower edge of the blocking portions, the elastic arms and the contacting portions of said terminals extending out of the front face of said housing at an angle to the mounting surface of said housing for guiding the circuit board and for slidingly contacting the contacting portion of each said terminals with each electrical connecting point of said circuit board, respectively.