Patent ID: 6471536
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket comprising:a base defining a plurality of passageways extending vertically therethrough; a cover slidably mounted on the base; a plurality of terminals received in corresponding passageways of the base; a lever assembled between upper and lower half channels of the base and the cover for driving the cover to move along the base; and fastening means having a securing portion secured to one of the cover and the base, and a head portion and an intermediate neck portion movably received in the other one of the cover and the base; wherein the other one of the cover and the base comprises a supporting surface adjacent to the upper half channel of the cover and an elongated hole positioned in the supporting surface, the neck portion of the fastening means is movably received in the elongated hole, and the head portion of the fastening means is larger an the width of the elongated hole to movably abut against the supporting surface; wherein the cover defines a cutout in a top face thereof for receiving the head portion of the fastening means, and the supporting surface is formed at the bottom of the cutout.