Patent ID: 8388365

Claim:
A socket comprising: a base member; a cover member for reciprocating in a direction to be close to or separated from the base member; a plurality of contacts, each contact is fixed in the base member, the each contact having an elastically deformable portion between two ends of the each contact; a latch member rotatably supported on the base member for rotating in response to movement of the cover member, the latch member being at a position for pressing an electronic device when the cover member is separated from the base member, and the latch member being at an evacuated position when the cover member is close to the base member; a latch plate provided on a pressing portion of the latch member, the latch plate being able to press the surface of the electronic device in a vertical direction when the latch member is at the position for pressing; and a mounting member for providing a mounting surface for the electronic device, the mounting member being movable up and down with respect to the base member, wherein the mounting member is formed with a latch plate guide for moving the latch plate in the vertical direction when the latch plate presses the electronic device, and wherein the latch plate guide includes a step configuration with an inclined surface and a vertical surface so that the latch plate guide contacts a part of the latch plate with the step configuration when the latch plate is moved along the latch plate guide.