Patent ID: 7473120
Filing Date: 2009-01-06
Classification: H01R,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A ZIF socket connector, comprising: a base defining a plurality of passageway therein and each received therein a contact terminal therein, the base defining a first and second end; a cover moveably attached to the base in a direction from the first end to the second end of the base, and defining a plurality of guiding holes each aligned with the passageway; an actuating element with a cam portion disposed in the first end of the base, and interengaging with the cover so as to move the cover on the base along the direction, the cover including a top surface; and a pick up cap disposed on the top surface of the cover, and including a first end disposed on the top surface of the cover adjacent to the first end of the base, and a second end interlocked to a sidewall of the base at the second end; wherein the first end of the pickup cap is temporarily held by a slot defined in an embossed area of the cover; wherein the first end of the pickup cap is released when the cover is moved away from the second end of the base.