Abstract: An electrical connector for horizontal insertion of a CPU module therein includes a connector body and a multiplicity of terminals fitted in the connector body. The connector body has a longitudinal insert slot for receiving a CPU module. The terminals form elastic contact ends at their outer ends for clamping a contact surface of a circuit board which have its two ends respectively fit into the grooves of a locking device of the connector body. Screws may be driven into through holes of the locking device to secure the connector body horizontally at the side of the circuit board for horizontal insertion of the CPU module into the insert slot of the connector body.

Abstract: A terminal device has right and left terminals adjacent one another and punched from a conductive sheet. The right and left terminals are connected to a common positioning strip and all are planar and lie in a common plane. Each of the right and left terminals have inner and outer insert posts, connected at first ends to the positioning strip, a mounting plate portion connected at a lower edge thereof to second ends of the inner and outer insert posts, and a contact member extending from an upper edge of the mounting plate portion. The contact members each have a biasing ring connecting a contact portion to the upper edge of the mounting plate portion. The biasing ring biases the contact portion into a reception channel between the right and left terminals to make electrical contact with a corresponding mating connector terminal.

Abstract: An electrical connector with fasteners includes an electrical connector body and two fasteners respectively pivotally disposed at the end of the electrical connector body. The fasteners each has a fastener body having a locking rim and an urging rim respectively at the upper edge and lower edge of its inner side. When a CPU module is inserted into an insert slot of the electrical connector body, a lateral bottom edge of the CPU module may urge against the urging rim so that the locking rim turns and engages a retain slot of the CPU module to firmly lock the CPU module in place. The electrical connector body is provided with a recess of a relatively large space for the movement of the inner bottom side of the fastener body. Both sides of the bottom of the urging rim of the fastener body are respectively provided with two stop blocks each having a slanting surface and an upright wall surface.

Abstract: An electrical connector for horizontal insertion of a CPU module therein includes a connector body and a terminal positioning plate. The connector body has a longitudinal insert slot for receiving a CPU module. An insert post is disposed at either end of an outer side opposite to the insert slot for securing each end of the terminal positioning plate. The terminal positioning plate is vertically secured at one lateral side of the outer side of the connector body and provided with a multiplicity of through holes corresponding to a multiplicity of terminals. The insert ends of the terminals extending from the connector body bend through 90 degrees and then pass through the through holes, securing the connector body on a circuit board in a horizontal position, thus the connector body may have its insert slot orient towards the side to allow the CPU module to be horizontally inserted therein.

Abstract: An improved structure of an electrical connector is provided. The connector has two edge positioning legs, each leg having an appropriate outwardly directed incline extending toward the leg's distal end. The connector body is provided with a plurality of wire receiving openings disposed in parallel spaced relation, each opening having an insulation engaging tab disposed therein. Each of the tabs extends from an inner wall surface of a respective wire receiving opening at a downwardly directed incline. Each tab is provided with a pointed distal end for engaging the insulation surrounding the wire's conductor and resisting withdrawal of the wire from the connector body.