Patent ID: 6019611
Filing Date: 2000-02-01
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
An electrical connector for electrically engaging an integrated circuit (IC) package with a printed circuit board (PCB), including an insulative housing with at least one passageway defined therethrough and a conductive contact received in each at least one passageway, said each passageway having a protrusion formed on an inner wall thereof projecting into the passageway;said housing forming a positioning means on a top surface thereof to maintain alignment with the IC package;each contact including a main body having a beveled edge on an upper portion thereof, a curved extension and an extension arm extending from opposite lower portions of the main body, a lower engagement portion downwardly extending from the main body between the curved extension and the extension arm, a resilient beam integrally formed with the curved extension forming a slanted portion and an upper engagement portion at an opposite end thereof, and retaining means for securing each contact within the corresponding passageway;whereby when the contact is received in the corresponding passageway of the housing, the retaining means thereof engages with the protrusion of the passageway, and when the IC package is engaged with the connector a normal force is exerted on the upper engagement portion of each contact causing the slanted portion of the resilient beam to contact the beveled edge thereby shortening the signal transmission path through each contact, and the normal force from the IC package causes a reactive force from the resilient beam to be directed coplanar to the connector toward the positioning means thereby urging outer edges of the IC package to abut against the positioning means.