Patent ID: 7857633

Claim:
An electrical connector, comprising: an insulating housing having a base with an opening formed in a central portion thereof, the base being provided with at least one row of first contact accommodating cavities and at least one row of second contact accommodating cavities, each of the first and second contact accommodating cavities having a base plate accommodating part, the base plate accommodating parts of the first and second contact accommodating cavities of adjacent rows of the first and second contact accommodating cavities being arranged in a single line; first and second contacts each having a substantially rectangular base plate, a linking member extending from the base plate at a position between cutouts such that the linking member is perpendicular thereto, and first and second elastic contact arms, the first elastic contact arm extending obliquely upward from a tip end of the linking member and having a contact member for electrically connecting the first elastic contact arm to an integrated circuit socket, the second elastic contact arm extending obliquely downward from a tip end of the linking member and having a contact member for electrically connecting the second elastic contact arm to a circuit board; the first contacts being disposed in the first contact accommodating cavities such that the base plate of the first contacts are disposed in the base plate accommodating part of the first contact accommodating cavities; and the second contacts being disposed in the second contact accommodating cavities such that the base plate of the second contacts are disposed in the base plate accommodating part of the second contact accommodating cavities.