Patent ID: 7661976
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector for electrical connecting an Integrated circuit (IC) package having a plurality of pins to a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), comprising: a base defining a plurality of passageways; a plurality of contacts each received in a passageway, the contact having a resilient arm; a cover mounted on the base and moveable relative to the base in a horizontal direction from a first position to a second position, the cover defining a plurality of through holes corresponding to the plurality of contacts of the base; and wherein after the IC package is mounted upon the cover and during movement of the cover from the first position to the second position, pins of the IC package will compress the resilient arms of the contacts along a horizontal direction and make the resilient arms deformed toward the base in said horizontal direction, and the resilient arm will exert a reactional force horizontally and axially on the pins under a condition that the IC package is seated upon the cover with the pins respectively extending through the corresponding through holes and into the corresponding passageways and moveable along with the cover in said horizontal direction, thus ensuring proper connection between the resilient arm and the pins; wherein direction of the reactional force is opposite to the direction of pins moving.