Patent ID: 7699637

Claim:
An electrical connector, for interconnecting an electronic package and a circuit substrate, comprising: an insulative housing; a plurality of terminals received in the insulative housing; a stiffener disposed around the insulative housing, said stiffener comprising a front end, an opposite rear end, and two substantially vertical sidewalls connecting the front and rear ends; a cover pivotally mounted to the rear end of the stiffener for pressing against the electronic package which is seated upon the housing and electrically engaged with the terminals, said cover including a pair of lateral sides with blocking walls being bent downwardly and distant to the sidewalls of the stiffener; wherein one of the sidewall of the stiffener and corresponding blocking wall of the cover has a self-aligning portion extending towards the other and leading the blocking wall to prevent the cover from inclining when the cover is rotated from a open position to a close position relative to the stiffener.