LGA socket connector with dual reinforcing members

A land grid array (LGA) socket connector for electrically interconnecting an integrated circuit (IC) package with a circuit substrate, the LGA socket connector comprising:

• a substantially rectangular dielectric base defining a plurality of passages and four side walls, the side walls cooperatively defining an opening therebetween for receiving the IC package;
• a plurality of terminals each received in a corresponding passage for engaging with the IC package and the circuit substrate;
• and
• two reinforcing members respectively attached to opposite two of the side walls for reinforcing the base along longitudinal directions of the opposite two of the side walls, the reinforcing members each having an elongate base plate and at least one side plate substantially perpendicularly bent from at least one of opposite longitudinal sides of the base plate;
• wherein the opposite two of the side walls each defines a side surface;
• wherein the base portion forms an extending portion on said each side surface;
• wherein the base defines positioning holes in said each side surface, the positioning holes being symmetrically arranged at opposite sides of the corresponding extending portions;
• wherein the at least one side plate forms positioning portions at a longitudinal side thereof, the positioning portions corresponding to respective positioning holes of the base;
• wherein the positioning portions each have a protruding portion, the protruding portion outwardly defining at least one barb at each of opposite sides thereof for interferingly engaging in said corresponding positioning hole;
• wherein the reinforcing members each have a generally “C”-shaped cross-section.