Patent ID: 7234955

Claim:
An electric connector for attaching a chip module onto a circuit board, comprising: a main body further comprising an insulating body and a plurality of conducting terminals, said insulating body including a plurality of receptacles for said conducting terminals and a plurality of retaining projections slightly higher than conducting tips of said conducting terminals extended from said receptacles, at least two depressed sections being further provided respectively along two opposite sides of said insulating body; and a pressing structure for confining a chip module within said main body, wherein a clipping board is pivotally connected to said insulating main body through at least two, separately formed, first retaining pieces; each of said at least two first retaining pieces comprising a horizontal first retaining section having a securing hole into which a fastener is received thereby attaching each of said first retaining pieces onto said main body which is then attached onto the circuit board, each of the first retaining pieces further comprising a vertical section extended from said first retaining section and folded upright with a receptacle hole for receiving a corresponding one of said pivotally connected pieces of said clipping board.