Socket connector having improved structural intensity

摘要

A socket connector electrically connecting an IC package to a printed circuited board includes a base ( 3 ) defining a number of side walls and a receiving region ( 38 ), a cover ( 5 ) slidably mounted on the receiving region, a lever ( 6 ) defining a cam shaft ( 61 ) received in the base and an operation handle ( 62 ) vertically extending from the cam shaft and a plurality of terminals received in the base. The cover is mounted over the receiving region and enwrapped by the side walls.