Patent ID: 7083457

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: a base defining a accepting room; a bottom section formed on the base under the accepting room, the bottom section defining upper and lower surfaces and a plurality of passageways between said upper and lower surfaces; at least one protrusion being raised from the bottom section and being arranged around the accepting room; a plurality of contacts secured on corresponding passageways, each of the contacts being formed with a resilient arm; and a pressing mechanism being provided with at least one pressing portion; wherein when in use the arms are compressed to deflect in a horizontal direction parallel to the upper surface toward one of said at least one protrusion and in a vertical direction downwardly from the upper surface, when the connector is disposed in a closed position, projections of at least one pressing portion are located a distance away, in said horizontal direction, from a transverse center line of the accepting room which is substantially perpendicular to said horizontal direction and parallel to the upper surface, toward said one of said at least one protrusion.