Patent ID: 7374446

Claim:
An integrated circuit (IC) socket with an insulation housing which has a mounting surface mounting the lower face of an IC package, and has disposed therein a plurality of elastic contacts electrically connected to a substrate and provided corresponding to a plurality of pads of the IC package, the IC package having the plurality of pads disposed in a matrix manner on the lower face thereof, the IC socket comprising: a load support member having a base section attached on a bottom face side of the insulation housing, and both sidewalls rising from the base section along opposing sidewalls of the insulation housing and each provided with a guide groove with a cam surface; a pressure application cover positioned on an upper face side of the IC package, having a nail section sliding along the cam surface in the guide groove and changing in position between a load position which applies load to the IC package to thereby press the pads against the elastic contacts and a no-load position which applies no load to the IC package; and a lever rotatably supported on the both sidewalls of the load support member, including a crankshaft section which causes the nail section to slide along the cam surface in the guide groove to thereby cause the pressure application cover to change in position between the load position and the no-load position, and an actuating shaft section substantially orthogonal to the crankshaft section.