Patent ID: 7147483

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly adapted for interconnecting electrically an electronic device and a circuit board, the electronic device having a plurality of conductive contacts, said electrical connector assembly comprising: a connector including an insulating housing confining a receiving space adapted to receive the electronic device, and a plurality of conductive terminals mounted in said insulating housing and adapted to contact electrically the conductive contacts of the electronic device when the electronic device is disposed in said receiving space in said insulating housing; and an anchoring device including a mounting frame adapted to be fixed to the circuit board and formed with a central opening for receiving said insulating housing such that said conductive terminals of said connector are adapted to contact electrically the circuit board, said mounting frame having first and second sides opposite to each other in a direction, a U-shaped first pressing rod having opposite lateral rod portions, each of which extends along the direction and has opposite coupling and free ends, and an intermediate rod portion interconnecting said coupling ends of said lateral rod portions of said first pressing rod and mounted pivotally on said first side of said mounting frame, said intermediate rod portion of said first pressing rod having a bent central section that is adapted to abut against the electronic device when the electronic device is disposed in said receiving space in said insulating housing, each of said lateral rod portions of said first pressing rod having an extension extending laterally from said free end thereof, and a U-shaped second pressing rod having opposite lateral rod portions, each of which has opposite coupling and operating ends, is longer than said lateral rod portions of said first pressing rod, and presses against said extension of a corresponding one of said lateral rod portions of said first pressing rod, and an intermediate rod portion interconnecting said coupling ends of said lateral rod portions of said second pressing rod and mounted pivotally on said second side of said mounting frame, said intermediate rod portion of said second pressing rod having a bent central section that is adapted to abut against the electronic device when the electronic device is disposed in said receiving space in said insulating housing, said operating ends of said lateral rod portions of said second pressing rod being operable to be anchored releasably to said first side of said mounting frame such that the electronic device is anchored to said insulating housing of said connector and such that the conductive contacts of said electronic device are connected electrically and respectively to the circuit board via said conductive terminals of said connector.