Patent ID: 7402065

Claim:
A socket connector for carrying an integrated circuit package, comprising: an insulative housing defining a recessed zone surrounded by two pairs of sidewalls; a plurality of conductive terminals received in the recessed zone; a metallic stiffener defining an upper side and a bottom side opposite to each other, and an opening surrounded by two pairs of inner surfaces, the opening surrounding the housing; a load plate and a load lever a pivotally assembled to the stiffener; the stiffener defining a plurality of through holes through both said upper and bottom sides and around the opening; wherein the connector further comprises a plurality of washers, each of the through holes having two washers assembled therein from both sides of the stiffener; wherein every two washers assembled in a common one of said through holes, define a passageway in the middle thereof; wherein each of the washers comprises a body portion having an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to upper surface, a passage defined between the upper surface and the lower surface; wherein the body portion of one of said two washers defines a snapped portion and the body of the other of said washers defines a slot into which said snapped portion is engaged; wherein the body portion of at least one of said two washers extends through said common through hole so as to have said snapped portion engaged within the slot for pre-assembling said two washers with each other and further to the stiffener under a condition that the stiffener is sandwiched between said two washers.