Patent ID: 6168451
Filing Date: 2001-01-02
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: a dielectric housing having a plurality of terminal receiving passageways defined between a top mating face and a bottom terminating face thereof and a pair of connecting portions formed on opposite sides of the dielectric housing; a plurality of terminals received in the corresponding passageways of the housing, each terminal having a contact portion near the top mating face and an opposite tail portion near the bottom terminating face; a chipset placed over the dielectric housing, said chipset including solder balls on a bottom surface; and a fastening piece mounted to the housing with the chipset securely sandwiched therebetween, the fastening piece including a body and a pair of legs extending substantially perpendicular from distal ends of the body, each leg defining a mating portion for attaching to a corresponding connecting portion of the housing; wherein each of the contact portions of the terminals forms a curved resilient end extending toward the top mating face of the housing for contacting with a corresponding solder ball of the chipset.