Patent ID: 7878839

Claim:
A socket connector, comprising: a base having a body portion with a plurality of passageways defined therein, each of the passageways associated with a contact therein, the base further defining a bottom hole with a first and second reinforced discrete metallic ribs secured in a groove and a channel defined on the base, tangent and overlapping to periphery of the bottom hole; a cover slidably mounted on the base covering substantially the body portion of the base, capable of moving to and from between first and second positions, and having a head portion with a cover plate corresponding to the bottom hole assembled to the underside of the head portion of the cover, the cover plate defining a through hole substantially in-line with the bottom hole when the cover is located at the first position; and a cam actuator including cam shaft having a driver rotationally sitting on the cover plate of the cover, and the cam shaft extending through the through hole, the cam actuator including a cam portion offset from the cam shaft and located in the through hole of the cover plate to drive the cover moving between first and second positions wherein the groove and the channel are disconnected with each other via partition walls.