Patent ID: 7021954

Claim:
An electrical connector for receiving an integrated circuit (IC) package, the connector comprising: a base defining a plurality of passageways with a plurality of conductive terminals received therein; a cover slidably mounted on the base, the cover comprising two opposite sidewalls thereof; a metallic stiffener engaged with the cover; at least one operating member for actuating the cover to move relative to the base, the at least one operating member comprising a pair of operating levers, one of the operating levers engaged with the stiffener and the other operating lever engaged with the base; a lid engaged with the at least one operating member for pivotably moving the operating levers; and a plurality of coil springs connected between the lid and the base; wherein when an up-and-down movement of the operating member causes a pivoting movement of the operating lever to move the stiffener and the cover back-and-forth relative to the base thereby disconnecting and connecting the terminals with the leads of the IC package during applying an unduly force on the lid, one of the sidewalls of the cover attaches an inner face of the stiffener causing the stiffener to protect the plastic cover from damage due to a proportion of the cover undergoing too great a force.