Patent ID: 6824411
Filing Date: 2004-11-30
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A socket for an electrical part which comprises a socket body having a stationary portion to which a plurality of contact pins are disposed so as to be contacted to and separated from a plurality of terminals, respectively, disposed to said electrical part, each of said contact pins having a first and a second contact portion between which each of said terminals is clamped, paid socket body being provided with a slide plate to be transversely slidable in use, end in which one of said first and second contact portions is displaced by sliding the slide plate to thereby open or close the first and second contact portions,wherein said stationary portion comprises: a first guide portion for guiding a first front side end edge of the electrical part in a first transverse sliding direction of the slide plate at a time of opening the contact portions of the contact pin, the first front side end edge being perpendicular to the first transverse sliding direction of the slide plate, said slide plate comprises a second guide portion for guiding a second front side end edge of the electrical part in a second transverse sliding direction of the slide plate at a time of closing the contact portions of the contact pin, the second front side end edge being perpendicular to the second transverse sliding direction of the slide plate and parallel to the first front side end edge, and the stationary portion being placed on either an upper side or a lower side of the slide plate, the first guide portion being on the stationary portion and extending upward beyond the slide plate when the first guide portion is either on the upper side or the lower side of the slide plate, the second guide portion being on the slide plate and extending upward beyond a top plate of the stationary portion on which the electrical part is mounted when the top plate is on the upper side of the slide plate, and the first and second guide portions not being in contact with the electrical part at the time of closing, and a distance between the first and the second guide portions, when the electrical part is accommodated on the socket, is wider than a width of the electrical part.