Patent ID: 6976851

Claim:
An electrical connector for connecting an electronic package with a circuit substrate, the electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of passageways therethrough; and a plurality of terminals received in the passageways respectively, each terminal comprising a retaining portion engagingly received in a corresponding passageway of the housing, a soldering portion extending from the retaining portion, a spring portion extending slantingly upwardly from an upper end of the retaining portion, and a contacting portion defined at a distal end of the spring portion; wherein the spring portion comprises at least two spring arms alternately disposed along a length thereof, and each two adjacent spring arms form an angle therebetween in the range from an acute angle to an obtuse angle; wherein when the contacting portion is pressed downwardly by the electronic package, each two adjacent spring arms respectively resiliently deform in different directions, corresponding ends of said two adjacent spring arms each undergoing a horizontal and a vertical displacement, the horizontal displacement of said corresponding ends being substantially equal in magnitude but opposite in direction, whereby the contacting portion is deflectable substantially in a vertical direction only.