Patent ID: 7371075
Filing Date: 2008-05-13
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector for connecting an electronic package with a circuit substrate, the electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a base with a space above an upper face of said base for receiving the electronic package therein, the base defining a plurality of passageways arranged in rows and columns; and a plurality of conductive terminals, each received in the corresponding passageway and defining a spring arm including a contacting portion extending away from a root portion of the spring arm for engagement with the electronic package; wherein said spring arm further defines at least one obliquely extending section, which is oblique to said rows and columns, so as to have the contacting portion located outside of the corresponding passageway from a top view, and essentially vertically located above a position which is offset from the corresponding row where the corresponding passageway is located, rather than another position which is aligned, with said corresponding row.