Patent ID: 7520754
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: G01R,H01R

Abstract:
1. A socket connector for electrically connecting an IC package and a printed circuit board, comprising: a plurality of contacts, each contact having a top contact, a bottom contact and a spring, the top contact formed with a keeping portion and a main body upwardly extending from the keeping portion, the keeping portion having a rear piece, a bend portion forwardly and upwardly bending from a bottom edge of the rear piece and a front piece upwardly extending from the bend portion to face to the rear piece and defining a guiding slot between the front piece and the rear piece; the bottom contact assembled to the top contact and being movable along the guiding slot of the top contact; the spring disposed between the top contact and the bottom contact; a lower housing defining a plurality of through gaps for receiving the bottom contacts; and an upper housing mounted upon the lower housing and defining a plurality of receiving slots for receiving the top contacts.