Patent ID: 7097517

Claim:
A socket connector, for electrically connecting an integrated circuit to a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways having a plurality of conductive terminals therein, each passageway defining a receiving channel and an interfering channel, the receiving channel being wider than the interfering channel and a step being formed from the interferring channel and in between the recieving channel and the interferring channel, each terminal defining a fastening portion having a pair of shoulders extending from a top portion of the fastening portion; wherein when the terminals are installed into the housing via the passageways, the shoulders are spaced from the steps for forming some clearance therebetween, wherein the connector further includes a stiffening body surrounding the housing, a load plate pivotably assembled with one end of the stiffening body, and a load lever pivotably attached to the other end of the stiffening body; wherein the fastening portion forms a plurality of protrusions thereon for interferential receiving the terminal in the corresponding passageway.