SOCKET CONNECTOR

摘要

A socket connector having an insulating body (10) containing a plurality of contact elements (12 or 14) in which each of the contact elements is stamped from sheet metal and has a connecting end (20) and a pin contacting end (21). The pin contacting end of each contact element has a main body portion (25) with a flat pin guiding and contacting surface (26) and a pair of pin contact areas (35,36) spaced from and facing the pin guiding and contacting surface and defined on a pair of spring arms (28,29) that are cantilevered in opposite directions from a central bridge (31). The bridge is connected along one edge to a connecting link (33) extending between the main body portion and the bridge and having a greater area of connection to the main body portion than to the bridge.