A socket connector having an insulating body containing a plurality of contact elements in which each of the contact elements is stamped from sheet metal and has a connecting end and a pin contacting end. The pin contacting end of each contact element has a main body portion with a flat pin guiding and contacting surface and a pair of pin contact areas spaced from and facing the pin guiding and contacting surface and defined on a pair of spring arms that are cantilevered in opposite directions from a central bridge. The bridge is connected along one edge to a connecting link 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.
