Patent ID: 7563106

Claim:
A CPU socket, comprising: an insulative housing defining an opening therein; a grid securely assembled in the opening defining a plurality of passageways for securely receiving a contact terminal therein; and the grid including a plurality of latitudinal partitions, and a plurality of longitudinal partitions orthogonally intersected from each other so as to define the passageway across the opening; wherein each of the latitudinal partitions is configured with a base strip, a contact terminal defining strip, and a finish strip jointly sandwiched from one another; wherein each of the base strip, the contact terminal defining strip, and finish strip is defined with a plurality of assembling slits opened upward and properly aligned with each other; wherein the finish strip includes a body having a plurality of extending portions extending from one side thereof spaced to each other, and each of the extending portions is defined with a second slit respecting to a first slit defined by the base strip; wherein each of the contact terminal defining strip is configured with a main portion having a plurality of stretching portions extending therefrom space to each other, each of the stretching portions being defined with a third slit with respect to the first and the second slit; and wherein width of each of the extending portion of the finish strip is wider than that of each stretching portion of the contact terminal defining strip.