Patent ID: 6494725
Filing Date: 2002-12-17
Classification: H01R,H05K,Y02P

Abstract:
An electrical connector for electrically connecting an electronic component to a circuit board by way of at least one solder ball, comprising:an insulative connector housing, the connector housing having a support surface for supporting the electronic component, and a mounting surface spaced apart from the support surface and facing the circuit board, a plurality of through holes disposed in said connector housing, each of the through holes extending through said connector housing between said support surface and the mounting surface, said connector housing further including a plurality of cavities formed in said mounting surface thereof, each of the cavities being associated with a single through hole and disposed on said mounting surface adjacent said associated through hole, each said cavity extending inwardly within said connector housing and wherein said cavity includes at least three walls that cooperatively define a trapezoidal configuration of said cavity; and, a plurality of conductive terminals supported by said connector housing, a single terminal being disposed in a single through hole, each of the terminals having a body portion and a free end portion, the body portion being received within said through hole, said free end portion extending and bent obliquely away from said body portion so that said free end is received with an associated cavity such that when a respective one of said terminals is disposed in the respective through hole, said free end portion defining a solder ball mounting portion to which is attached a single solder ball.