Patent ID: 7029309
Filing Date: 2006-04-18
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector comprising: an insulative housing having a floor, a plurality of sidewalls extending upwardly from the floor and a receiving space cooperatively defined by the floor and the sidewalls for accommodating an electrical package therein; a plurality of contacts secured on the housing; a stiffener enclosingly attached to the housing; a load plate and a lever being hinged to two opposite sides of the housing, the load plate having two wings depending from two opposite side edges thereof, the wings extending downwardly toward the housing, the wings covering outsides of two opposite sidewalls of the housing corresponding the wings when the load plate being in closed position; and a stopping member formed on the wings of the load plate and the sidewalls of the housing for resisting horizontal moving of the load plate during the connector being actuated in closed position, the stopping member comprising a plurality of holding sections and a corresponding number of protrusions engaging the holding sections, the protrusions engagingly retained in corresponding holding sections as the load plate being in closed position.