Floating double compression connector

An electrical connector adapted for connecting with two circuit boards, comprising:

• a housing defining a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface confronting with said two circuit boards respectively, the housing comprising passageways running through the first surface and the second surface;
• and
• two parallel rows of terminals respectively disposed in the passageways, each terminal comprising a middle portion and two contacting arms extending from opposite ends of the middle portion for elastically pressing against said two circuit boards, the two contacting arms of said terminals respectively extending beyond the first and second surfaces and curving inwards;
• the middle portions of the terminals being received in the passageways and shifting in the passageways along a second direction from the first surface to the second surface;
• each terminals further comprising a stopping rib and a spring rib at opposite lateral sides of the middle portion, each passageway defines a first stopping shoulder adjacent to the second surface and a second stopping shoulder adjacent to the first surface;
• wherein the stopping ribs are lodged against the first stopping shoulder when the terminals move towards the second surface and the spring ribs are lodged against the second stopping shoulder when the terminals move towards the first surface.

An electrical connector comprising:

• an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways extending therethrough along a vertical direction between opposite upper and bottom surfaces thereof;
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively, each of said contacts defining a main body spanning in a lengthwise direction of the housing with resilient contacting arms extending therefrom oppositely in said vertical direction and beyond the corresponding upper and bottom surfaces;
• and
• a pair of opposite spring arms extending oppositely in said vertical direction from one side of the main body of each of the contacts under condition that the pair of spring arms also extend in opposite lateral directions perpendicular to said vertical direction and said lengthwise direction.