Patent ID: 7955113

Claim:
An electrical connector assembly comprising: a base defining an upper surface and a lower surface and retaining a plurality of contacts extending beyond the upper and lower surfaces; a printed circuit board (PCB) arranged at the lower surface of the base and electrically connecting with the contacts; a central processing unit (CPU) assembled upon the upper surface of the base; a retainer comprising a top cover, a bottom cover, and a side wall laterally connecting the top cover and the bottom cover, the top and bottom covers and the side wall cooperatively defining a receiving space for the base, the PCB, and the CPU, the top cover comprising a pivoting structure extending along a first direction at a free edge thereof; and a pressing member comprising a shaft mounted to the pivoting structure and a pressing plate, the shaft being pivotable relative to the pivoting structure for the pressing plate to press against an upper face of the CPU.