Patent ID: 7425136

Claim:
An electrical connector for an electronic element that has a plurality of contacts, said electrical connector comprising: a dielectric housing having an upper mounting body adapted to be mounted with the electronic element, a lower base body cooperating with said upper mounting body so as to confine a heat-dissipating space, and at least one opening in fluid communication with said heat-dissipating space, said upper mounting body being formed with a plurality of first through holes, said lower base body being formed with a plurality of second through holes, each of which corresponds to a respective one of said first through holes in said upper mounting body; a set of conductive terminals, each of which extends through a respective one of said first through holes in said upper mounting body and a corresponding one of said second through holes in said lower base body; and has a first contact portion extending upwardly and outwardly of said upper mounting body and adapted to contact a corresponding one of the contacts of the electronic element when the electronic element is mounted on said upper mounting body, and a second contact portion extending downwardly and outwardly of said lower base body; and an anchoring unit mounted on said dielectric housing and operable so as to anchor the electronic element to said upper mounting body of said dielectric housing when the electronic element is disposed on said upper mounting body of said dielectric housing; wherein said anchoring unit includes: a rectangular mounting frame mounted fixedly on said dielectric housing and having opposite first and second coupling sides, and opposite third and fourth sides connected between said first and second coupling sides; a rectangular cover frame disposed above said dielectric housing for covering said upper mounting body, said cover frame having a pivot side, and a free side opposite to said pivot side; a pivot unit provided on said first coupling side of said mounting frame and said pivot side of said cover frame for connecting said cover frame to said mounting frame such that said cover frame is rotatable relative to said mounting frame; and an L-shaped engaging rod having a pivot rod portion connected pivotally to said second coupling side of said mounting frame, and an operating rod portion perpendicular to said pivot rod portion, said engaging rod being rotatable on said mounting frame between an anchoring position, where said free side of said cover frame is clamped between said pivot rod portion of said engaging rod and said second coupling side of said mounting frame and where said operating rod portion engages one of said third and fourth sides of said mounting frame, and a release position, where said pivot rod portion is removed from said free side of said cover frame and where said operating rod portion is removed from said one of said third and fourth sides of said mounting frame.