Patent ID: 7841868

Claim:
A socket connector for electrically connecting a Central Processing Unit (CPU) with a Printed Circuit Board (PCB), comprising: a base with a plurality of conductive contacts received therein defining a plurality of apertures in the middle thereof, the base comprising at least two lugs at lateral sides thereof and a receiving portion at a rear part thereof, the receiving portion defining a first recess; a cover forming a plurality of pillars extending through the apertures and toward a lower surface of the base, the cover comprising a pair of lateral walls defining a plurality of recessed portions at inner surfaces thereof such that the lugs are moveably received in the recessed portions, the cover comprising a head portion corresponding to the receiving portion, the head portion defining a second recess, both transverse sections of the recesses semicircle-shaped and the recesses combining a column receiving space, the cover forming a locking portion at a lateral side thereof; and a shaft pivotally driving the cover to move on the base along a front-to-back direction, the shaft comprising an active portion received in the column receiving space and a driving portion capable of being locked with the locking portion of the cover; wherein the pillars are moveable in the apertures along with the cover in the front-to-back direction, both the rear part and the head portion extend along a transverse direction relative to the front-to-back direction.