Patent ID: 6371782
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A socket for an electrical part having a body which has a mount portion on which an electrical part is mounted, a plurality of contact portions connected to the body so as to be contacted to or separated from a plurality of round-shaped terminals of the electrical part and a movable plate connected to the body that when moved, displaces the plurality of contact portions in a displacement direction so as to be contacted to or separated from the plurality of round-shaped terminals of the electrical part, each of the plurality of contact portions comprising:a deformable piece having a first inclining surface that inclines in a direction other than the displacement direction of the contact portion, a width of the first inclining surface being wider than Â½ of the total width of the contact portion, where the first inclining surface contacts a surface of the plurality of round-shaped terminals and then the first inclining surface slides on the surface of the plurality of round-shaped terminals.