Patent ID: 6299470
Filing Date: 2001-10-09
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
Connector for a zero insertion force (ZIF) pin grid array (PGA) socket, the contact adapted to interconnect a PGA device and a circuit board, the contact comprising:a horizontal single-beam contact portion forming arcuate faces at opposite sides thereof, said arcuate faces being substantially symmetric about a central vertical axis of the contact; anda mounting portion extending from the contact portion, in a vertical direction the mounting portion including a fixing portion for securing the contact to the socket, a leg depending from the fixing portion for extending through the socket to electrically communicate with the circuit board, and a neck integrally connecting the contact portion and the fixing portion, the neck being substantially narrower than the fixing portion and the contact portion and thereby being twistable when a corresponding pin of the PGA device acts upon the contact portion, thus allowing the contact portion to rotatably contact and resiliently press against the pin.