Patent ID: 6929496

Claim:
A socket connector comprising: a base having a terminal receiving section and an actuator receiving section, the terminal receiving section defining a plurality of terminal-passages; a cover slidably mounted on the base; a plurality of terminals received in the corresponding terminal passages; and an actuator mechanism including a handle lever and a shaft, the shaft received in the actuator receiving section; wherein the actuator receiving section defines a mating member, the shaft defines a mating means to mate with the mating member so as to avoid over-movement of the cover relative to the base, wherein a cross-section of the mating member is generally triangular; wherein the handle lever extends perpendicularly from one end of the shaft, and a connecting portion interconnects the shaft and the handle lever; wherein a diameter of the connecting portion is greater than that of the shaft; wherein the handle lever comprises a recessed portion; wherein the shaft forms stopper portions and positioning portions; wherein the actuator receiving section defines an actuator channel, the actuator channel comprising actuating cavities and positioning cavities; wherein the actuator channel has a generally semicircular configuration; Wherein the mating means is a protrusion defined between two positioning portions in the middle of the shaft; wherein the mating member is a protrusion block disposed in one of the positioning cavities of the base; wherein first and second stopper surfaces are defined on the protrusion block parallel to a common axis of the positioning cavities; wherein the cover defines a hole section corresponding to the terminal receiving section of the base, the hole section defining a plurality of holes corresponding to the terminal-passages.