Patent ID: 7153154

Claim:
An electrical connector for electrically nesting an IC, the electrical connector comprising: a base and a plurality of terminals on the base, the base being adapted for receiving the IC; and a load plate pivotally attached to a side of the base and locked in an opposite side of the base, the load plate being stamped from a sheet of metal to form at least one pressing protrusion to engagingly press the IC in order to hold the IC on the base; wherein said at least one pressing protrusion has an outer edge adjacent the IC when the IC is held on the base, said outer edge being coined to weed out burrs formed on said outer edge after the load plate is stamped and to form a smooth surface to avoid scraping the IC; wherein the at least one pressing protrusion comprises a bottom surface facing to the IC, a top surface parallel to the bottom surface, and a third surface perpendicular to the bottom surface, the third surface facing to a space of the load plate; and wherein the outer edge is formed on a boundary of the bottom surface matching with the third surface.