Patent ID: 7878821

Claim:
An IC socket for receiving an IC package comprising: a socket body for carrying the IC package; a plurality of contacts received in the socket body for electrical connection with the IC package; a driving member mounted upon the socket body and being able to be operated between an upper position and a lower position; and at least one latch device having a bias portion configured with a curved surface and pivotally mounted to the socket body and driven by the driving member to shift between a closed position and an opened position, the latch device having an upper section, a lower section located below and distant with respect to the upper section such that a slot arranged therebetween to allow the low section to move with respect to the upper section, the slot having a L-shaped configuration and partially extends into the lower section, and pressing the IC package toward the socket body, and a regulator interconnecting with the upper section and the lower section respectively, to adjust a position of the lower section relative to the upper section.