Patent ID: 7413458

Claim:
A socket for an electrical part comprising: a socket body into which an electrical part having a terminal extending laterally is accommodated; a contact pin which is arranged on the socket body and provided with an elastically-deformable and movable contact piece, a movable-side contact portion which is contacted to and separated from an upper surface of the terminal of the electrical part being formed on an end edge portion of the movable contact piece, and a mold guide projected to form a convex shape for guiding a periphery of an electrical part body of the electrical part, wherein a fixed contact piece which is a counterpart to the movable contact piece is formed on the contact pin, a fixed-side contact portion which is designed to contact a lower-side of the electrical part terminal is formed on the fixed contact piece, and a plurality of slits vertically penetrating the mold guide are formed side-by-side at predetermined intervals, and the fixed-side contact portions are inserted into the slits respectively in order for an upper edge portion of the fixed-side contact portion to be faced upward.