Card-edge connector

Claim 1

A card-edge connector comprising a housing having a slot to receive a card-edge, the housing having a recess at the side of said slot, said recess having an electrical terminal therein and an open end through which said terminal is inserted into said recess, the terminal comprising a body within said recess and a resilient member protruding into said slot through an opening for contact with a card-edge, wherein said opening extends to and is open at said open end of said recess, said recess includes a plurality of abutment surfaces engageable with said body to prevent substantial movement toward and away from said slot and control surfaces at the open end and along the length of said opening engageable with said resilient member to prevent substantial movement in a direction along said slot, said terminal is composed of sheet metal and comprises a base, a resilient arm extending from the base and bent over the base to lie at a spacing therefrom, and upstanding side arms on either side of said resilient arm, said side arms extending beyond the bend and free end of said resilient arm and having free end portions bent towards the respective other side arm to define a substantially continuous peripheral wall around said resilient arm, said resilient arm extending outwardly of said wall to define an electrical contact, and wherein a mid portion of at least one of said walls of said terminal is bent inwardly to lie behind said resilient arm and thereby prevent excessive inward movement of said arm with respect to said wall.