Patent ID: 7883352

Claim:
An integrated circuit socket, comprising: an insulating housing having a plurality of contact openings being two-dimensionally arranged laterally and longitudinally in a series of rows and columns and a recess that receives an integrated circuit package, the contact openings each having a side wall; a plurality of contacts arranged in a first contact group along a first of two sides of the insulating housing and a second contact group along a second of the two sides of the insulating housing, each of the contacts having a flat plate fixing member fixed in the contact opening, a connecting member extending from a lower portion of the fixing member, and a spring member extending diagonally upward from an upper portion of the fixing member, the spring member having a contact member extending into the recess; the contacts being arranged in the contact openings such that the spring members and side walls are arranged at an angle offset from a direction of arrangement of the rows and the spring arms of the first contact group are arranged in a direction opposing the spring arms of the second contact group; and the plurality of contacts being arranged such that at least one of the side walls faces a contact opening lying in an adjacent column and also lying in a row separated therefrom by another row; wherein the first contact group diagonally extends in a direction different from that of the second contact group.