Patent ID: 7651358

Claim:
A socket connector for receiving an electronic device, comprising: a base having a top surface and a mounting surface, a plurality of passageways extending therebetween, peripheral walls extending upward from sides of the base and higher than the top surface thereof with a specific height to define a cavity; an interior area of the cavity comprising a plural of standoffs between the plural of passageways in which a plural of contacts held therein; a cover moveably assembled to the base and supported by the peripheral walls and the standoffs, the cover having a plurality of through holes corresponding to the passageways, respectively; and a driving mechanism disposed on the base to drive the cover from a first position, in which receives lead pins of an electronic device, to a second position, in which moves the lead pins in a direction perpendicular to an insertion direction of the lead pins for engaging with the contacts; wherein the through holes of the cover are uprightly overlapping both with the passageways and walls of the passageways when the cover is in the first position.