Patent ID: 7699638

Claim:
An electrical connector for connecting a Central Processing Unit (CPU) with a printed circuit board (PCB), comprising: an insulative housing; and an electrical contact received in the insulative housing, comprising: a main portion; a soldering portion extending horizontally from a lower end of the main portion; a first elastic arm and a second elastic arm extending from an upper end of the main portion, the first elastic arm having a first connecting portion connecting to the main portion, the second elastic arm having a first curved portion connecting to the main portion, a second curved portion connecting with the first curved portion and a connecting portion vertically extending from the second curved portion; and a first contact portion extending laterally from the first connecting portion and a second contact portion extending laterally from the second connecting portion; wherein a first distance defined between the connecting portions is larger than a second distance defined between the contact portions when taken from a side view, wherein the first contact portion is formed at a top end of the first connecting portion and comprises a first guiding portion extending therefrom, wherein the second elastic arm forms a second guiding portion at a top end of the second connecting portion and the second contact portion extends from the second guiding portion, wherein the first and the second guiding portions define a first interspace and the first and the second contact portions define a second interspace smaller than the first interspace, wherein tips ends of the two contact portions extend parallel to each other.