Patent ID: 7467950

Claim:
An IC socket comprising: a socket body having a mating interface for facing an IC package, a mounting interface positionable adjacent a substrate, a plurality of slanted passageways extending from the mating interface toward the mounting interface, the passageway defining a slanted length axis thereof; a retention projection extending into the passageway; and a terminal in each of the passageways, the terminal having contact portions for engaging respective conductive elements of the IC package and the substrate, and a middle portion locatable between the contact portions; the middle portion having a slot for receiving the retention projection, said slot defining a closed boundary line for restricting the retention projection, the closed boundary line of said slot set such that said slot, along said slanted length axis of the passageway, has a space left for the retention projection to permit the contact moveable up-to-down relative to the passageway with a predetermined distance, while said slot, along a width direction perpendicular to said slanted length axis of the passageway, tightly engages the retention projection to limit movement of the contact relative to the passageway along said width direction.