Patent ID: 6908328

Claim:
A connector for electrically connecting an electronic package with a circuit substrate, the connector comprising: an insulative housing defining a plurality of passages therein; and a plurality of contacts secured in corresponding passages; wherein each of the contacts comprises a soldering portion for being soldered to the circuit substrate, at least one contact portion for engaging with the electronic package, and a body portion interconnecting the soldering portion with the at least one contact portion, and the body portion comprises at least one tapered guiding part for facilitating insertion of the contact into a corresponding passage, the guiding part comprising two opposite slant side surfaces; wherein each of the passages comprises a receiving portion for receiving the at least one contact portion of a corresponding contact, and a fastening recess for receiving the body portion of the corresponding contact; wherein the fastening recess comprises a flared upper portion for facilitating insertion of the contact into the passage; wherein the body portion of the contact comprises a plurality of engaging portions at opposite lateral edges thereof, and each of the engaging portions comprises one said guiding part and a fixing part; wherein the contact comprises two said contact portions, the body portion of the contact comprises two pairs of said engaging portions at the opposite lateral edges thereof, and the contact portions extend from the opposite lateral edges of the body portion between corresponding engaging portions.