Patent ID: 7674139

Claim:
An electrical connector adapted for electrically connecting with a chip module and a printed circuit board, comprising: a plurality of insulative housing; a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing; and a frame mounted to the printed circuit board and defining an accommodating space to accommodate the insulative housings, the frame defining continuous lateral walls and a plurality of enhancing ribs extending from the lateral walls into the accommodating space; and wherein a plurality of first rivet sections are disposed on at least one of the lateral walls of the frame and the insulative housings and a plurality of first mounting holes are defined in at least one of the insulative housings and the lateral walls of the frame to receive the first rivet sections; and wherein a plurality of second rivet sections are disposed on at least one of the enhancing ribs of the frame and the insulative housings and a plurality of second mounting holes are defined in at least one of the insulative housings and the enhancing ribs to receive the rivet sections; wherein the electrical connector comprises four insulative housings, and each insulative housing forms outer side edges standing on the lateral walls and the enhancing ribs; wherein the side edges of the insulative housing define a plurality of first and second mounting holes with different diameters, and wherein the lateral walls and the enhancing ribs form a plurality of first and second rivet sections to engage with the first and second mounting holes, respectively.