Patent ID: 7699636

Claim:
An electrical connector adapted for electrically connecting an electronic package with a circuit substrate, the electrical connector comprising: a housing with reinforce adapted for being arranged mounted on the circuit substrate; a stiffener located beside the housing adapted for being fastened to the circuit substrate and comprising a front and a rear ends; a clip pivotally mounted to the front end of the metal stiffener; and a load lever attached to the rear end of the stiffener, the load lever comprising a connecting portion extending between said front and the rear ends of the stiffener, an actuating portion extending from an end of the connecting portion and being pivotally mounted to said the rear end of the stiffener to secure the clip and an operating portion forwardly extending toward said front end of the stiffener from the other end of the connecting portion and outwardly to be far away from the actuating portion and the housing or the stiffener at the same time, the operating portion having a free end in front of the whole connecting portion along a front-to-back direction, a portion of the free end first extends away from the longitudinal axis of connecting portion and then bends toward the axis of the connecting portion.