Patent ID: 6908313

Claim:
An LGA (Land Grid Array) electrical socket comprising: a dielectric housing; and a plurality of terminals assembled in the housing in rows, each terminal comprising a locating plate for retaining the terminal in the housing, and a mating beam connected to the locating plate and extending along the corresponding row, the corresponding locating plates of the two every adjacent terminals along the corresponding row defining a first distance, from a top view, therebetween; wherein each mating beam has an upper connecting portion extending upwardly and forwardly along the corresponding row with a second distance from said top view, said second distance being larger than the first distance; wherein from a side view, the upper connecting portion is vertically spaced from another upper connecting portion of said corresponding adjacent terminal; wherein said corresponding locating plates of said two every adjacent terminals along the corresponding row are essentially coplanar with each other; wherein each terminal comprises a bridging portion extending from the locating plate for connecting the mating beam to the locating plate, and the upper connecting portion is oriented above the bridging portion and a lower connecting portion of the corresponding mating beam is oriented below the bridging portion.