Patent ID: 7393232

Claim:
A socket for an electrical part comprising: a socket body accommodating an electrical part; an electrically conductive member disposed to the socket body and configured to contact to a terminal of the electrical part so as to establish an electric conduction therebetween; a pressing member having a base end portion mounted to the socket body to be rotatable and configured to press the electrical part in a horizontal position thereof; and an operation member provided for the socket body to be vertically movable and configured to rotate the pressing member, the operation member including an operating portion for pressing and rotating an operated portion formed to the base end portion of the pressing member, the operating portion including a first operating portion pressing downward a first operated portion of the operated portion so as to rotate the pressing member in an opening direction thereof from a horizontal state when the operation member is moved downward, and the operating portion further including a second operating portion pressing upward a second operated portion of the operated portion so as to rotate the pressing member in a closing direction thereof from a standing position when the operation member is moved upward, wherein a pair of pressing members are disposed so as to be opened outward, and the socket body is provided with a support member to be vertically movable, the pressing member is mounted to the support member to be rotatable, the support member is connected to the operation member through a link member so that when the operation member is moved downward, the support member is moved upward through an operation of the link member and when the operating portion and the operated portion are associated in operation, the pressing member is rotated so as to be opened, and when the operation member is moved upward, the operating portion and the operated portion are associated in operation, the pressing member is rotated to be horizontal so as to be closed, and the support member is moved downward through the operation of the link member so that the pressing member is moved parallelly downward to thereby press the electrical part.