US Patent 7775805 Electrical terminal

An electrical terminal (30) received in an insulative housing (10), comprising: a main portion (31); a first contacting portion (32); a second contacting portion (33); wherein the first contacting portion comprises at least a flexible arm (321) and at least an inflexible arm (322), the flexible arm can be flexed along an up-to-down direction, and the inflexible arm hard to flex along the up-to-down direction, the flexible and inflexible arms defines a flexible contacting portion (3210) and inflexible contacting portion (3220), respectively. The flexible contacting portion is higher than the inflexible contacting portion along the up-to-down direction, the flexible contacting portion and the inflexible contacting portion are both contacted to a same corresponding electrical contacting portion; the insulative housing defining a plurality of holes, the main portion of the terminal been fixed in the hole, and the first and second contacting portion extending externally from the insulative housing.