Patent ID: 6957987
Filing Date: 2005-10-25
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. A socket connector for electrically connecting an integrated circuit to a printed circuit board comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways therethrough, each passageway defining a step therein for dividing the passageway into an upper receiving channel and a lower interfering channel; a multiplicity of conductive terminals accommodating in the passageways, each terminal having a fastening portion defining a pair of straight interfering sides; wherein a distance from one of the straight interfering sides to the other is greater than a width of the interfering channel and the terminal is positioned in the passageway by pure friction provided by the two straight interfering sides and the inner sides of interfering channel along a vertical direction; wherein the terminal further comprises a solder portion extending from and perpendicular to the fastening portion; wherein the socket connector includes a stiffening body surrounding the housing, a load plate pivotably assembled with an end of the stiffening body, and a load lever pivotably attached to the another end of the stiffening body; wherein during up-and-down movement of the fastening portion in the receiving channel and the interfering channel, no interference occurs in the receiving channel but and interference occurs between the fastening portion and the interfering channel, so as to allow some floated movement of the contact in the passageway.