Patent ID: 8616907

Claim:
A socket comprising: a socket frame having a slot configured to receive an object; a plate movably arranged in the slot along an inserting direction of the object, the plate supporting a lower surface of the object; a socket pin movably arranged at a side of the slot along a direction substantially perpendicular to the inserting direction of the object, to the socket pin selectively making contact with a tab of the object; and a link pivotally connected to the socket pin and the plate such that the insertion or removal of the object into the slot exerts or relieves a pressure to the plate along the insertion direction of the object and as the plate travels along the insertion direction, the link transfers force from the plate to the socket pin and moves the socket pin along the direction substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction of the object, wherein the link is configured such that the socket pin does not make contact with the tab of the object until the object is substantially fully inserted into the slot.