Land grid array connector assembly with readily removable pick-up cap

A land grid array (LGA) connector assembly, comprising:

• an LGA connector comprising:
• an insulative housing defining a substantially rectangular cavity in a middle thereof, the cavity being adapted for receiving an electronic package therein;
• a plurality of electrical contacts received in a portion of the housing;
• a metal clip disposed on the housing to press the electronic package upon the contacts;
• and
• a pick-up cap attached to the clip, the pick-up cap having a planar body, and a lip coplanarly funned in the body, for facilitating a user operating the pick-up cap during detachment of the pick-up cap from the clip;
• wherein the body has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface;
• wherein a pair of protrusions is formed at opposite sides of a rear end of the body respectively, the protrusions depending from the bottom surface and abutting against a corresponding edge of the clip.

A land grid array (LGA) connector assembly, comprising:

• an LGA connector comprising:
• an insulative housing defining a substantially rectangular cavity in a middle thereof, the cavity being adapted for receiving an electronic package therein;
• a plurality of electrical contacts received in a portion of the housing;
• a metal clip disposed on the housing to press the electronic package upon the contacts;
• and
• a pick-up cap attached to the clip, the pick-up cap having a planar body, and a lip coplanarly formed in the body, for facilitating a user operating the pick-up cap during detachment of the pick-up cap from the clip;
• wherein the body has a top surface and a bottom surface opposite to the top surface;
• wherein a pair of parallel arcuate ribs is formed at apposite sides of the body, the ribs depending from the bottom surface of the body.

A land grid array (LGA) connector assembly, comprising:

• an LGA connector comprising:
• an insulative housing defining a substantially rectangular cavity in a middle thereof, the cavity being adapted for receiving an electronic package therein;
• a plurality of electrical contacts received in a portion of the housing;
• a metal clip disposed on the housing to press the electronic package upon the contacts;
• and
• a pick-tip cap attached to the clip, the pick-up cap having a planar body, and a lip coplanarly formed in the body, for facilitating a user operating the pick-up cap during detachment of the pick-up cap from the clip;
• wherein the clip defines a downwardly curved configuration for downwardly pressing the electronic package located in the cavity;
• wherein the pick-up cap defines a convex configuration on the underside to be compliantly received within a concave space formed above the downwardly curved configuration of the clip.