Patent ID: 7651340

Claim:
An improved IC chip actuator cover assembly for an IC socket comprising an actuator mechanism having actuating members for producing an actuating force, a carrier housing for holding said actuator mechanism, said carrier housing having a top end, a bottom end, a front, a back, and sides extending between said top and bottom ends, and further having a defined actuating z-axis extending through the bottom end thereof, the actuating members of said actuator mechanism being deployed at the sides of said carrier housing, and said carrier housing being releasably attachable to an IC socket, and a pedestal assembly mounted to the bottom end of said carrier housing so as to be movable relative to said carrier housing in the actuating z-axis direction from a retracted position to an advanced actuating position, said pedestal assembly having corner regions and a bottom pusher end within said corner regions for contacting an IC device placed in the IC socket to which the carrier housing is attached, said pedestal assembly including leaf springs extending between opposed corner regions of said pedestal assembly and being deployed beneath the actuating members of said actuator mechanism held in the carrier housing such that, when an actuating force is produced by the actuating members, a z-axis direction force is exerted against said leaf springs and transferred by said leaf springs to the corner regions of the pedestal assembly.