Patent ID: 7476115

Claim:
A land grid array connector for connecting a land grid package to a printed circuit board, comprising: a stiffener comprising a bottom wall defining a window, a front wall, a pair of side walls, and a rear wall; a housing comprising a supporting portion and a mounting portion received in the window of the stiffener; a plurality of contacts mounted to the supporting portion of the housing; a lever comprising a pair of locating portions engaging with the stiffener and an offset actuating portion disposed between the locating portions; a clip having a plurality of hooks for pivotably engaging with the rear wall of the stiffener and a projecting portion extending forwardly therefrom; wherein the projecting portion has a depress portion receiving the offset actuating portion of the lever and a protruding portion bending upwardly and inwardly from an end of the depress portion and a pair of guiding portions extending outwardly from the protruding portion for resisting against opposite ends of the offset actuating portion.