Integrated circuit socket

Claim 1

An IC socket for an IC device such as a quadrilateral-shaped leadless chip carrier having a bottom surface, and a plurality of electrodes formed on the bottom surface, said IC socket comprising: a box-shaped housing of dielectric material opening at an upper side thereof and having a quadrilateral-shaped recess for receiving said IC device and a bottom; a plurality of contacts for contacting with said electrodes of said IC device within said recess, each of said contacts comprising a springy conductive member and being disposed in the bottom of said housing so as to contact with the electrodes formed on the bottom surface of said IC device; and two pairs of pressing members for holding said IC device within said recess, each pressing member being formed as one body integral with said housing and comprising a springy member extending vertically in said recess with an inwardly projecting rounded projection formed at a top end of said springy member for pressing said IC device, said two pairs of pressing members being arranged at the sides of said socket at two diagonally opposed corners of said recess in such a manner that a pressing member of each pair engages with a different side edge of said IC device, at each of two diagonally opposed corners, while the other two diagonally opposed corners of said recess and the sides adjacent thereto are not provided with any pressing members whereby the edges of said IC device thereat are accessible for withdrawal of said IC device from said upper side against force exerted by said pressing members.