Tool for attaching integrated circuit package to electrical connector

An electrical connector assembly comprising:

• an electrical connector comprising:
• an insulative housing comprising a bottom wall, four raised sidewalls extending from a periphery of the bottom wall, a spring arm formed in one of the sidewalls and having an engaging surface at a free end thereof, and
• an elongate slot defined in the bottom wall below the spring arm;
• and
• a plurality of electrical contacts received in the housing;
• and
• a substantially rectangular tool receiving the housing thereon, one side of the tool defining a chamber, an actuation member being disposed in the chamber, the actuation member comprising a driving portion and an operating portion extending from a middle section of the driving portion and protruding out from the tool, a lower section of the driving portion connecting with the tool, the upper section of the driving portion being received through the slot of the connector and abutting the engaging surface, the operating portion being pushable to drive the spring arm elastically toward said one of the sidewalls of the connector.

In combination,

• an electrical connector comprising:
• an insulative housing defining a bottom wall with raised side walls extending upward on a periphery thereof;
• a receiving cavity defined among said side walls and above said bottom wall;
• a plurality of contacts disposed in the base wall with contact portions extending upwardly into the receiving cavity;
• at least one spring arm located around one of said raised side walls with an engagement block, at a distal end thereof, extending inwardly to the receiving cavity for retaining a CPU in said receiving cavity;
• and
• an auxiliary tool being discrete from the housing and including grasping devices detachably attached to the housing;
• wherein
• said tool includes an actuating member with an operating portion easily accessible from an exterior and a driving portion engageably moveable around said spring arm for deflecting said spring arm outwardly during installation of said CPU into the receiving cavity.