Patent ID: 7946881

Claim:
A socket assembly, adapted for electrically connecting an IC package to a printed circuit board, comprising: a socket comprising: a base having a plurality of contact holes; a plurality of contacts received in the contact holes; a sliding board for supporting the IC package, the sliding board movably seating on the base and defining a plurality of upper contact holes corresponding to the contact holes of the base to receive the contacts; and a lid mounted on the base and being movable with respect to the base in a top-to-bottom direction, the lid defining an opening; and a heat sink module, comprising: a fastening frame detachably mounted around a periphery of the socket; a cover pivotally assembled to the fastening frame with an end thereof and disposed with a latching member on an opposite end thereof, the latching member engaging with the lid when the cover is located above the lid of the socket; and a heat sink, mounted on the cover and capable of extending through the opening of the lid to abut against the IC package received in the socket.