Patent ID: 8116016

Claim:
A lens module socket for receiving a lens module having a base portion, comprising: an insulating housing, the insulating housing having a bottom base and side walls extended upwardly from the bottom base to surround a receiving chamber therebetween for receiving the lens module, the insulating housing defining a slit substantially parallel to the bottom base and penetrating through one side wall to communicate with the receiving chamber and an insertion hole extended downwardly from a portion of a top of the one side wall to intersect with the slit; a plurality of conductive terminals received in the insulating housing for electrically connected with the lens module; a shielding shell encircling the insulating housing, the shielding shell having side plates and defining a slot at one side plate corresponding to the slit; a rotatable latch disposed in the slit, the rotatable latch having a press portion and a pivot portion extended sideward from one end of the press portion, the pivot portion defining a pivot hole in alignment with the insertion hole; and a shaft pin inserted into the insertion hole and the pivot hole for making the rotatable latch capable of pivoting on the shaft pin in a plane parallel to the bottom base; wherein the press portion of the rotatable latch passes through the slit into the receiving chamber for pressing against a top of the base portion of the lens module when the rotatable latch is rotated inwardly to a closed state.