Patent ID: 7134892
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. A socket for an electrical part comprising: a socket body to which an electrical part is accommodated, the socket body having a base portion to which a plurality of contact pins, having elastic pieces, which are contacted to or separated from terminals of the electrical part, are arranged; and a movable member disposed to the socket body above the base portion thereof to be vertically movable, deformation of the elastic pieces of the contact pins inserted into insertion holes formed to the movable member being performed in accordance with the vertical movement of the movable member, according to the deformation thereof, contact portions formed to the contact pins being opened or closed, said movable member including a movable member body disposed substantially horizontally and formed with the insertion holes into which the contact pins are inserted and a projection projecting upward from the movable member body, said projection having an upper surface to which a pressed surface is formed, wherein when the pressed surface is pressed, the movable member is lowered, wherein the projection is formed from an outer peripheral edge portion of the movable member body, and an accommodation member in which the electrical part is accommodated is formed from the outer peripheral edge portion of the movable member body at a position inside the projection.