Patent ID: 6679715
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A socket for an electrical part adapted to be electrically connected to a terminal of an electrical part, comprising:a socket body; upper and lower contact pins mounted so as to be contacted to and separated from the terminal of the electrical part, said upper contact pin being formed with an upper elastic piece having an upper contact portion contacting an upper surface of the terminal and said lower contact pin being formed with a lower elastic piece having a lower contact portion contacting a lower surface of the terminal; and an operation member that is reciprocally movable with respect to the socket body, in which when said operation member is reciprocally moved, the upper contact portion is contacted to and separated from the upper surface of the terminal, wherein said socket body is provided with a partition wall section formed with a plurality of slits into each of which at least a portion of the lower contact pin is inserted and an upper portion of the lower contact portion is projected upwardly beyond an upper surface of the partition wall section, said partition wall section is provided, between the lower contact portions, with a protruded porticin projecting upwardly beyond an upper surface of the lower contact portions of the lower contact pins, and side surfaces of the terminal are guided by the protruded portion, in such a way that the terminal is prevented from being intruded between two adjacent lower contact portions, when the electrical part is mounted on the socket.