IC socket and IC socket assembly

An IC socket assembly comprising an IC package having a plurality of electrical contacts on a bottom face thereof and further comprising an IC socket that receives the IC package, the IC socket comprising:

• an insulating housing that receives the IC package;
• a plurality of elastic contacts each being cantilevered to extend obliquely from the insulating housing, one end each being secured to the insulating housing, and a remaining end of each contacting at least one of the electrical contacts on the bottom face of the IC package;
• and
• a spring member carried by the insulating housing that determines an accepting position for the IC package being accepted into the insulating housing, and that restrains an amount of horizontal movement of the IC package caused by bending of the elastic contacts as the IC package is pressed down.