Electrical connector having stiffener with elastic latches

An electrical connector for electrically connecting an IC package to a printed circuit board comprising:

• an insulative housing including a main body for supporting the IC package and four straight peripheral sidewalls surrounding the main body;
• a stiffener having a base separably disposed around the insulative housing, the base defining an opening to receive the insulative housing, the stiffener further including at least one elastic latch extending upwardly from an inner side of the opening to removeably retain the electrical connector therein;
• a load plate pivotally mounted on one end of the stiffener, the load plate being pivotal between an open position and a closed position where the load plate pressing the IC package toward the insulative housing;
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• a load lever pivotally supported on the other end of the stiffener for locking the load plate in the closed position, wherein the insulative housing correspondingly defines at least one slot on an outside surface of the sidewalls for resisting against the elastic latch, wherein the stiffener provides four elastic latches extending upwardly from two opposite inner sides of the opening, and the insulative housing correspondingly defines four slots on outside surfaces of the sidewalls, wherein the four elastic latches are symmetrically located on two ends of the inner sides of the opening in longitudinal direction, wherein each elastic latch includes a guiding slant surface on a top end thereof for easily abutting against the slot of the insulative housing.