Patent ID: 7789672

Claim:
A socket adapted for electrically connecting a semiconductor package, comprising: an insulating body having a mating face, a mounting face opposite to the mating face and a plurality of sidewalls upwardly extending from the mating face, the sidewalls defining a plurality of assembling slots; and a plurality of separate position clumps movably assembled to the assembling slots of the insulating housing, each of the position clump having a position block and a spring member disposed between the position block and the insulating housing, the position block having a supporting face for supporting the IC package and being able to downwardly move toward the mating face by being pressed, wherein the position block has a latching portion latching with the insulating body to lock the position block to the insulating housing when the position block arrives a lower position; wherein the assembling slot includes an inserting hole downwardly recessed from the mating face of the insulating housing and a latching hole located outside the inserting hole and inwardly recessed from an outside face of the sidewall, the position block has an inserting leg sliding in the inserting hole of the insulating housing, and the latching portion latches with the latching hole to retain the position block to the insulating housing.