Patent ID: 7736169

Claim:
An electrical connector, used for holding a chip module, the chip module comprising a loading plate, the loading plate having a chip unit thereon and at least one pin disposed under the loading plate and electrically connected to the chip unit, the electrical connector including: a body having a terminal-receiving area therein; at least one terminal disposed in the terminal-receiving area; a cover sliding along a sliding route and assembled on the body, an insertion area with holes therein disposed on the top surface of the cover, the cover sliding along the sliding route to a defined position, the insertion area corresponding to the terminal-receiving area for the pin passing through the insertion area and entering the terminal-receiving area electrically connecting with the terminal; the cover having at least one receiving plane on the upper surface for holding the loading plate, the height of the receiving plane higher than the insertion area; and a lateral protrusion protruding upwards at the two opposite sides of the cover respectively and outside the insertion area, the lateral protrusion being parallel to the sliding route of the cover, the height of the lateral protrusion being higher than the bottom of the loading plate.