Patent ID: 6899558
Filing Date: 2005-05-31
Classification: G01R

Abstract:
1. A socket for an electrical part which comprises: a socket body on which an accommodation surface portion is provided for accommodating the electrical part; a plurality of contact pins provided on the socket body to be able to contact and separate from a terminal of the electrical part; and a movable plate relatively movable with respect to the socket body, the contact pin comprising an elastic piece which is elastically deformable and a contact portion provided on the elastic piece; the contact portion being displaced with the elastic piece of the contact pin being elastically deformed by moving the movable plate, thereby separating the contact portion from the terminal of the electrical part, wherein the terminal is separated from the contact portion, when the contact pin is elastically deformed in an opened direction of the elastic portion and the terminal is stuck to the contact portion, by abutting the terminal against another elastic portion of another contact pin adjacent to the contact pin to which the terminal is stuck.