Patent ID: 7179092

Claim:
A land grid array connector for interconnecting a land grid package and a circuit substrate, the land grid array connector comprising: a housing comprising a mounting portion and a supporting portion, each side of the supporting portion extending beyond corresponding side of the mounting portion to form a pair of first steps and a pair of second steps; a stiffener defined around the housing, the stiffener comprising a bottom plate and a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the bottom plate, the bottom plate defining a window for receiving the mounting portion and a plurality of connecting portions therearound; a clip having a plurality of hooks for pivotably engaging with one side wall of the stiffener; a lever engaged in an opposite side wall of the stiffener; wherein the first steps seat on corresponding connecting portions, the second steps correspond to two opposite lengthwise ends of the stiffener that engage the lever and the clip respectively, each second step and the corresponding connecting portion define a gap therebetween so as to compensate the upward deflection of said two opposite lengthwise ends of the stiffener due to tensional forces derived from the clip when the land grid package is installed into the housing.