Patent ID: 6383002
Filing Date: 2002-05-07
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A socket for an electrical part, comprising:a socket body to which an electrical part having terminals are mounted; a plurality of contact pins arranged in the socket body that are contacted to or separated from the terminals of the electrical part; an operation member mounted in the socket body that is reciprocally movable with respect to the socket body; an open/close unit mounted in the socket body that is opened or closed in accordance with the reciprocal motion of the operation member and to press the electrical part when closed; and a reduction means arranged in the open/close unit that reduces a closing speed when the open/close unit is rotated in a closing direction, composed of a point of force formed in the open/close unit that is pressed by the operation member, first and second fulcrums that are pivotal fulcrums of the open/close unit, and a point of action that presses the electrical part, wherein a distance between the second fulcrum and the point of action is less than a distance between the first fulcrum and the point of action, and when the open/close unit is closed from the opened state, the rotation fulcrum is transferred from the first fulcrum to the second fulcrum to thereby reduce the closing speed of the open/close unit.