Patent ID: 7172448

Claim:
An electrical connector connecting a plane grid array chip module to a circuit board, the electrical connector comprising: an insulating body including at least a pair of openings formed at one end thereof, each of said at least a pair of openings being shaped to form holding slots extending through said insulating body, conducting pins being located in the insulating body; at least a pair of fastening bodies, each fastening body being removably received in a respective one of said at least pair of openings of said insulating body, said each fastening body including a base part, a holding part connected to said base part, and a welding part extending from said holding part, a hole being defined between said base and holding parts, said welding part extending through a respective one of said holding slots below the bottom of the insulating body, and further extending into an opening formed in the circuit board in alignment with said respective holding slot to be welded therein to the circuit board; a cover body pivotally coupled to said at least a pair of fastening bodies, said cover body having at least a pair of pivoting parts arranged at an end of said cover body corresponding to said one end of said insulating body, each of said at least a pair of pivoting parts extending through said hole of a respective one of said at least a pair of fastening bodies, thereby resulting in a pivoting coupling between said cover body and said insulating body at respective ends thereof, the chip module being sandwiched between said insulating body and said cover body to attain electrical connection of the chip module with the conducting pins; and a fastening device located at an opposite end of said insulating body for fastening the cover body thereto.