Patent ID: 7950933

Claim:
An electrical socket comprising: a wafer defining an upper face and a lower face opposite to the upper face, a plurality of slots arranged in rows and columns and extending through the upper face and the lower face; a plurality of contacts each having a base portion floatably received in the slots, an upper contacting arm extending from an upper portion of the base portion and located above the upper face for preventing the contact from falling out from the lower face, and a lower contacting arm extending from a lower portion of the base portion and located below the lower face for preventing the contact from falling out from the upper face; an upper frame mounted on the wafer from the upper face, defining a first group of interior walls to form a plurality of first openings such that each upper contacting arm extends through the opening and beyond an upper interface of the interior wall; and a lower frame mounted on the wafer from the lower face, defining a second group of interior walls to form a plurality of second openings such that each lower contacting arm extends in the opening and beyond a lower interface of the interior wall of the lower frame; and wherein during a floatable process of the contact, the upper, lower arms abut against the upper face, the lower faces respectively, thus restricting downward, upwardly movement of the contact respectively.