Patent ID: 6554634
Filing Date: 2003-04-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A ZIF socket connector adapted for electrically connecting with an electronic package having a plurality of pins, comprising:a base defining a plurality of openings extending therethrough; a cover being assembled to the base and being adapted to receive thereon an electronic package having a plurality of pins; an actuator optionally moving the cover with respect to the base; and a plurality of electrical contacts being received in the openings of the base, each electrical contact comprising a base portion retained to the base, a solder portion extending from the base portion, and a pair of arms, each arm comprising a body section extending from the base portion and a finger comprising a lead-in section extending from the body section and a contact section extending from the lead-in section, the lead-in sections being coined to define planar lead-in surfaces for guiding the corresponding pin of the electronic package to enter between and to electrically contact with the contact sections; wherein said planar lead-in surfaces commonly define a space large enough for allowing the corresponding pin to have almost one half of cross-sectional area thereof pass the body sections, from a top viewpoint, in a moving direction of said corresponding pin, before said corresponding pin touches and actuates the fingers to be outwardly deflected.