Patent ID: 7232327

Claim:
An electronic part attachment socket for connecting an electronic part to a printed circuit substrate by way of a plurality of contacts comprising: a socket housing having: an electronic part housing section including an open top, and operable to house at least part of said electronic part; and a plurality of contacts elastically contacting a terminal of said electronic part; an electronic part attachment socket having: a shield case formed in a box shape fitting an outer perimeter of said socket housing operable to prevent slipping, said shield case including a ceiling plate integral with main side wall plates and a pushing section inwardly projecting from at least one main side wall plate, the pushing section being perpendicular to the ceiling plate at a first bend located proximate to the main side wall plate, said shield case further including respective secondary side wall plates formed integrally with a respective main side wall plate and disposed on one side of each of said main side wall plates so as to form a section of an adjacent side wall; wherein said shield case is fitted to said socket housing to prevent slipping, said pushing section pushes said electronic part toward said contacts so as to support said electronic part in said electronic part housing section, and said pushing section is formed by overlapping a pair of push pieces bent from abutted edges of said main side wall plate and said secondary side wall plate.