Patent ID: 7762823

Claim:
A socket connector, comprising: an insulative base having at least one ejecting platform arranged at side wall of the base; a cover moveably assembled to the insulative base, the cover having skirt portion in parallel to the side wall of the base and including a notch adjacent to the ejecting platform; a lever associated with a cam portion arranged between the base and the cover to drive the cover from a first position and a second position; a pickup cap attached to the base, and having a latch located within the notch and adjacent to the ejecting platform, and an ejecting block thereof; wherein during the pickup cap is driven as the cover is driven from the first position to the second position, the ejecting block is driven to slide over the ejecting platform so as to be removed from the base; wherein the ejecting platform has a guide face, and the ejecting block of the pick up cap has a tangent face corresponding to engage with the guide face; wherein the ejecting block contacts with the guide face of the ejecting platform; wherein said notches crosswise opening in two ends of the skirt portion of the cover; wherein one side of the skirt portion has a push section, said ejecting block has a push wall to corresponding to the push section; wherein said latches install in the skirt portion of the cover under a closed position, said ejecting block extending from the latch; and wherein one side of the latch has an indentation, said ejecting platform passing through the indentation and the notch.