Patent ID: 7258552

Claim:
A socket for use in an electronic system to hold a circuit board module that has spaced electrical pads proximate to two opposite edges thereof, comprising: a base having rectangularly arranged peripheral portions, for mounting within the electronic system and for receiving the circuit board module; first electrical conductors disposed on the base aligned with the electrical pads on the circuit board module, the electrical conductors including at least portions disposed on respectively opposite ones of the peripheral portions to contact at least portions of corresponding ones of the aligned electrical pads on the circuit board module when the circuit board module is held in the socket; two clamping portions mounted on the base respectively adjacent the two opposite ones of the peripheral portions to clamp the circuit board module onto the base; and second electrical conductors disposed on the clamping portions to contact respective portions of the electrical pads on the circuit board module when the clamping portions clamp the circuit board module onto the base.