Patent ID: 6929497

Claim:
A CPU socket comprising: a seat ( 10 ) having a plurality of first apertures ( 11 ) each with a strip ( 12 ) provided in the respective aperture ( 11 ), two slots ( 13 ) transversally defined beside the first apertures ( 11 ) and near a first side of the seat ( 10 ); a pair of sliding blocks ( 20 ) symmetric to each other and respectively received in the slots ( 13 ), each sliding block ( 20 ) having a stepped shape with a lower step ( 21 ) and an upper step ( 23 ), a first lug ( 22 ) formed on the lower step ( 21 ), a second lug ( 24 ) formed on the upper step ( 23 ), and a protrusion ( 25 ) formed beside the second lug ( 24 ); and a cover ( 30 ) movably mounted on the seat ( 10 ), the cover ( 30 ) having a plurality of second apertures ( 31 ) corresponding to the first apertures ( 11 ), two elongated channels ( 32 ) symmetrically and transversally defined through the cover ( 30 ) and respectively corresponding to the slots ( 13 ), the first lugs ( 22 ) respectively extended into the elongated channels ( 32 ) and movable along the elongated channels ( 32 ), a notch ( 36 ) defined at a side of the cover ( 30 ) adjacent the elongated channels ( 32 ) for receiving the second lugs ( 24 ) extending from the notch ( 36 ), two ears ( 38 ) respectively formed at two ends of the notch ( 36 ), two slits ( 37 ) respectively defined between the ears ( 38 ) and the cover ( 30 ) and in communication with the notch ( 36 ), the ears ( 38 ) each having a groove ( 39 ) corresponding to the protrusions ( 25 ).