Electric connector

An electric connector comprising:

• a terminal;
• and
• a housing holding the terminal,
• wherein the terminal has a bottom portion, a first leg portion, a second leg portion, and a mount portion,
• the mount portion is provided at a lower surface of the bottom portion,
• the housing has a first side wall,
• the first leg portion extends in a fitting direction of fitting to a partner connector from a first direction side of the bottom portion, and is elastically deformable in a first direction,
• the second leg portion extends in the fitting direction from a second direction side of the bottom portion opposite to the first direction side, and is elastically deformable in a second direction,
• the first side wall extends in the fitting direction to hold the second leg portion, and
• when a terminal of the partner connector is inserted into between the bottom portion, the first leg portion, and the second leg portion, the second leg portion and the first side wall are elastically deformed in the second direction, and
• wherein the lower surface of the mount portion forms the only mount portion of the terminal.