Patent ID: 7438569

Claim:
A socket connector for connecting a module card to a circuit board, said socket connector comprising: a housing extending along a longitudinal axis between opposed ends, the housing including a mounting face configured for mounting on the circuit board and a slot configured to receive a mating edge of the module card, said slot having a bottom surface defining a seating plane for the mating edge of the module card; electrical contacts held in said housing, each said contact having an upwardly extending rear beam and a mating beam downwardly extending from said rear beam, said mating beam culminating in an end portion bent toward said rear beam, said end portion including a contact tip configured to engage a protrusion formed on an inner wall of said housing base to preload said contact; and an extractor pivotably connected to at least one of said opposed ends and pivotable between an open position and a closed position, said extractor including a foot having a card engagement surface that is located relatively higher than the bottom surface when the extractor is in the closed position, and wherein said engagement surface engages the module card to lift the module card out of said seating plane when said extractor is moved to the open position.