Land grid array socket with supporting members

An electrical socket for mounting on a circuit board and electrically connecting an electrical device to the circuit board, the socket comprising:

• an insulative housing having a plurality of passageways defined therein;
• a plurality of electrical terminals received in the passageways, each of the terminals having a contact portion for contacting the electrical device and an opposite solder portion for electrically connecting with the circuit board;
• at least one supporting member arranged in the housing and including a base portion connecting with the housing and at least one arm extending from the base portion, a deflectable block being formed at a free end of the at least one arm;
• wherein
• the block comprises a first supporting portion protruding beyond a top surface of the housing and a second supporting portion extending toward a bottom surface of the housing;
• wherein
• the housing defines at least one slot between the top and bottom surfaces thereof and receiving the at least one supporting member therein;
• wherein
• a free end of the second supporting portion is substantially flush with the bottom surface of the housing;
• wherein
• the contact portion protrudes beyond the top surface of the housing, and a free end of the solder portion is substantially flush with the bottom surface of the housing;
• wherein
• a plurality of solder balls are soldered to corresponding solder portions of the contacts, and the solder balls support the socket for spacing the socket a predetermined distance from the circuit board.