Patent ID: 7097463
Filing Date: 2006-08-29
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector used for electrically connecting a central processing unit (CPU) with a plurality of bumps on a bottom thereof with a printed circuit board (PCB), the connector comprising: an insulative housing, defining a plurality of passageways extending therethrough, and comprising a base member and a cover member assembled on the base member; a plurality of terminals disposed in the housing, each of the terminals comprising a retaining portion and a cantilever extending slantly from the retaining portion, the retaining portion engagable to mate with the housing to secure the terminal in the passageways, the cantilever forming a concave portion near a free end thereof, the concave portion protruding towards the PCB and covering lower portion of one of the bumps of the CPU when the CPU is pressed on the connector; wherein the base member defines four recess in which upper wedges and lower wedges are formed and has four springs in four corners thereof, and the cover member forms four latches extending from a bottom thereof and catching the upper wedges or the lower wedges of the base member in assembly.