Patent ID: 7744397
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
1. An electrical connector assembly for mounting the IC package on the printed circuit board (PCB), comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of contacts received in the insulative housing; a printed circuit board; a back plate; a linking device mounted onto the printed circuit board and adjacent to a side of the insulative housing; a load plate covering the insulation housing and comprising two side arms and an opening between the side arms, an expanding width of the side arm being smaller than a half of a width of the opening; and a fastener and wherein the load plate has a tongue portion extending forwardly and defining a hole for receiving the fastener, the fastener is attached to the tongue portion of the load plate; the linking device has two bolts and two slots, the load plate has two orthogonal pivotal portions bent from a free end thereof and contained into corresponding slots of the linking device, and top edges of the pivotal portions are restrained by heads of the two bolts.