Patent attributes
An electrical connector includes a terminal having a connecting portion to be connected to an electrical circuit board and a contact portion to be contacted with a mating connector; and a housing for holding the terminal. The housing includes a fixed housing and a movable housing arranged to be movable relative to the fixed housing. The terminal includes a fixed side held portion held with the fixed housing, a movable side held portion held with the movable housing, and an elastic portion situated between the fixed side held portion and the movable side held portion. The housing includes an accommodating space for accommodating the elastic portion. The elastic portion includes a first wave shape portion having a first bent portion and a pair of first extending portions. The first extending portions are configured to extend away from each other with a distance in between decreasing toward the first bent portion.