Patent ID: 6974345
Filing Date: 2005-12-13
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A land grid array (LGA) connector for electrically connecting an electronic package and a printed circuit board (PCB), comprising: an insulative housing defining a substantially rectangular cavity in a middle thereof, the cavity being adapted for receiving the electronic package therein; a plurality of electrical contacts received in the housing; a metal clip disposed on the housing to press the electronic package upon the contacts; and a metallic stiffener partly covering, surrounding and reinforcing the housing, said stiffener comprising a plurality of side walls joined with a horizontal bottom wall thereof, and a plurality of protrusions extending downward from a bottom surface of the bottom wall, the protrusion integrally stamped with the bottom wall; wherein the contacts and the protrusions can solder onto a circuit substrate, thereby preventing the connector from inclining downwardly during the substrate in reflow process; wherein the connector further comprises a lever pivotably received in an end of the stiffener.