Grounding terminal and mounting structure of the same on a printed circuit board

A grounding terminal for mounting to a printed circuit board and engagement with a grounding conductor, the grounding terminal comprising:

• a joint part having a joint surface for soldering the grounding terminal to a conductive pattern on a printed circuit board;
• a contact part extending from and being connected to the joint part via a bending part, the contact part bending back over the joint surface and being configured to facilitate engagement with a grounding conductor, and the contact part being elastically deformable toward a rear surface of the joint surface upon engaging with a grounding conductor;
• and
• a receiving part for receiving an end portion of the contact part, the receiving part disposed on the opposite side of the bending part and including at least a portion of the joint part, an opposite portion over the portion of the joint part and facing the joint part, and a linking portion for linking the portion of the joint part to a part of the opposite portion;
• the opposite portion comprising means for preventing the contact part from coming out of the receiving part when no load is imposed on the contact part.