Patent ID: 8342870

Claim:
A socket connector comprising: a socket body; a plurality of contacts received in the socket body; a lid mounted on the socket body and moving up and down along a vertical direction; a moving plate mounted upon the socket body and moving along a horizontal direction; and an operating lever located between the lid and the moving plate, the operating lever comprising press members pressed on a top surface of the moving plate to prevent the movement of the moving plate in the vertical direction; wherein the moving plate comprises a first end, a second end opposite to the first end and a third end connecting the first end and the second end; wherein the operating lever includes a pair of lever bars and a pushing bar interconnecting to the lever bars; wherein the pushing bar is assembled to the first end of the moving plate and can push the first end to make the moving plate move along the horizontal direction the moving plate move along the horizontal direction; wherein the press members are formed on the pushing bar; and wherein each of the press members is a curve shaped.