Patent ID: 6743034
Filing Date: 2004-06-01
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A socket for an electrical part having a socket body in which a number of contact pins are arranged adjacently to each other so as to contact terminals of an electrical part, a movable member being disposed so as to elastically deform the contact pins, and an operation member being disposed to be vertically movable to thereby move the movable member, wherein each of the contact pins is provided with a pair of elastic pieces contacting a respective terminal of the electrical part, at least one of the elastic pieces being elastically deformed by the movement of the movable member to thereby move along a displacement direction so as to be contacted to or separated from the terminal of the electrical part, andwhen a respective elastic piece is elastically deformed and separated from a respective terminal of the electrical part and thereby opened maximally, said respective elastic piece and another elastic piece of an adjacent contact pin appear overlapped in a horizontal sectional view which is orthogonal to the displacement direction, and said respective elastic piece and said another elastic piece are substantially adjacent to each other along a perpendicular to the displacement direction.