Patent ID: 7547223

Claim:
An electrical connector adapted for electrically connecting an IC package to a printed circuit board, comprising: an insulative housing formed with a base portion and a plurality of peripheral walls extending upwardly and vertically extending from the base portion defining a receiving section between said peripheral walls for receiving the IC package thereon, and the insulative housing having a plurality of passageways for receiving terminals therethrough, at least one V-shaped latching portion extending from a corner formed between two adjacent peripheral walls toward the receiving section and resisting against an upper surface of the IC package for retaining the IC package into the insulative housing, where no passages is defined; and a plurality of terminals disposed in the corresponding passageways, respectively; three V-shaped latching portions extending from three corners of the insulative housing to provide the restriction on both vertical and lateral directions; the latching portions of the insulative housing are molded and have better intensity and a rest one corner of the insulative housing is formed with an indentation for removing the package in the receiving area, and each of the V-shape latching portion has a top leading surface for leading the IC package, a bottom mating surface approximately symmetrical to the leading surface and a transitional surface connecting the leading surface and the mating surface; a space is formed on the peripheral wall for increasing resiliency on the housing; the insulative housing has four peripheral walls which is defined at the four corners between each two adjacent peripheral walls.