Patent ID: 7651357

Claim:
An IC socket comprising: an insulative housing having a plurality of periphery walls; and a cover pivotally assembled to one end of the insulative housing and adapted to be locked to the insulative housing at the other end, the cover including a planar frame having a receiving opening and a plurality of peripheral edges; wherein the cover has a plurality of spring arms upwardly extending from the peripheral edges and disposed at the edges thereof; wherein the spring arms have substantially horizontal supporting portion at free ends thereof; wherein the periphery walls includes a front sidewall, a rear sidewall, a left sidewall and a right sidewall, each of the sidewalls having protrusions extending upwardly; wherein the rear sidewall has a pair of hooks in a vertical direction with openings toward downwardly, and wherein the cover has a pair of pivotal portions engaging with the hooks; wherein the pair of pivotal portions are symmetrically aligned, and each pivotal portion includes a bent portion extending rearward firstly and then downwardly extending, a pivotal axis connected with the bent portion and vertically to the bent portion and pointed opposite to the other pivotal portion; and wherein the front sidewall has an engaging portion in a vertical direction and the cover has latch bent downwardly for engaging with the engaging portion.