Socket connector having movable frame with actuating member

A burn-in socket for receiving a semiconductor package comprising:

• a socket body for carrying the semiconductor package;
• a plurality of contacts received in the socket body for electrically connecting with the semiconductor package;
• a movable frame movable relative to the socket body in a vertical direction;
• at least one latch device pivotally mounted on the socket body;
• and
• at least one actuating member mounted on a sidewall of the movable frame, the at least one actuating member including a main portion retained on a top surface of the sidewall of the movable frame and a driving portion extending downwardly from inner edge of the main portion, the at least one actuating member moving up and down together with the movable frame to drive the at least one latch device rotate between an opened position and a closed position.

A burn-in socket comprising:

• a socket body for carrying the semiconductor package;
• a plurality of contacts received in the socket body for electrically connecting to the semiconductor package;
• an insulative frame up and down moveably mounted to the base;
• an insulative latch device pivotally mounted to the base and actuated by the frame, said latch device including a latching member having a pressing portion with a ramped outside surface which confronts an inside surface of a side wall of the frame;
• and
• a metallic actuating member formed between the ramped outside surface and the inside surface and constantly intimately associated with one of said latch device and said frame.