Patent ID: 7377798

Claim:
An IC socket comprising: a base; a cover slidably engaged upon the base; and a lever for driving the cover to slide on the base, the lever including a lateral rod and a longitudinal rod connected to the lateral rod; the lateral rod being received in between the cover and the base; the longitudinal rod exposed out of the cover and the base, the longitudinal rod having a connecting section parallel to one side face of the cover, and an acting section being free and joined to the connecting section, the acting section configured to be laterally tilted towards the one side face of the cover, which enables the lever to be engagably retained on a die face of the cover, wherein the cover is formed with a front ear at the side face of the cover for receiving a portion of the connecting section, wherein the cover is further formed with a rear ear at the same side face of the cover for receiving another portion of the connecting section wherein each of the front ear and the rear ear is arcuate at a lower surface thereof for receiving a part of a periphery of the connecting section, wherein the acting section is recessed at a lower surface of an end of the acting section.