Patent ID: 8047864

Claim:
A conductive terminal usable in an electrical connector, wherein the electrical connector is engageable with at least one contact pin of a chip module, and has a base with at least one accommodating hole formed through the base, a cover positioned on the base and for supporting the chip module with an insertion area for the at least one contact pin to pass through to enter the corresponding at least one accommodating hole, and a driving mechanism, for driving the cover, so as to drive the chip module to move backwards and forwards relative to the base, wherein the base has a conductive area and a driving end located at one end of the conductive area, the accommodating holes are disposed in the conductive area, a perforation is formed substantially at a middle part of the driving end, the cover is configured with the insertion area corresponding to the conductive area and a mounting area corresponding to the driving end, a through hole corresponding to the perforation is formed in the mounting area, and the driving mechanism passes through the perforation and the through hole; and wherein the driving mechanism comprises a rotary pin, a protection means and a receiving seat, the protection means is disposed in the mounting area, the rotary pin passes through the protection means, the through hole and the perforation from above the cover, and the receiving seat enters the perforation upwards from below the base and is fitted to the rotary pin; and wherein the conductive terminal correspondingly disposed in one of the accommodating holes, comprising: a pair of two first connecting portions disposed opposite to each other; and a first contact arm and a second contact arm respectively extending upwards from each of the paired first connecting portions, wherein the two first contact arms and the two second contact arms are respectively located at a first side and an opposite second side of a moving direction of the at least one contact pin and adapted for conducting the at least one contact pin respectively, and wherein, in operation, the two first contact arms and the two second contact arms are elastically deformed in directions substantially perpendicular to a moving direction of the at least one contact pin.