Patent ID: 6991474

Claim:
An electrical connector comprising: an insulating housing having a frame and a plurality of slots formed therein; a plurality of contacts respectively partially received in the slots and having a contacting portion disposed above the slots; a pair of levers respectively pivotally coupled to opposing ends of the frame in order to simultaneously apply a downward force to a chip module, each of the pair of levers having an operation portion for rotatively displacing the lever, a shaft portion forming a rotative axis of the lever and a press portion for applying the downward force to a corresponding end of the chip module, wherein the operation portion of the pair of levers is disposed on opposing sides of the frame and being rotatively displaced in opposing directions to respectively apply the downward force to opposing ends of the chip module and thereby press electrical contacts of the chip module into respective contact with the plurality of contacts in the slots of the housing; and at least one metallic orientation member inserted and secured to the frame to orient and pivotally couple the shaft portion of the levers at a first end portion thereof, wherein each metallic orientation member has an opposing second end portion adapted for soldering to a circuit board wherein the frame has an upwardly facing orientation border formed on each of two opposing ends thereof, each orientation border having a receiving slot formed therethrough with the metallic orientation member being inserted and secured within the receiving slot of each orientation border to orient and pivotally couple the shaft portion.