Patent ID: 6863553

Claim:
A socket for an electrical part, comprising: a socket body on which the electrical part having a plurality of terminals is accommodated; a plurality of contact pins provided for the socket body and adapted to electrically contact with the terminals of the electrical part; and a latch member attached to the socket body and adapted to press the electrical part, said latch member comprising: an arm member attached to be movable to the socket body, and a pressing member attached to the arm member to be rotationally moveable independently of the arm member and adapted to press said electrical part, the pressing member being restricted in rotational movement with respect to the arm member as the pressing member moves to press the electrical part, wherein said pressing member is retractable into a retraction position from a pressing position, in which the pressing member presses said electrical part, by moving said arm member and by rotationally moving said pressing member in relation to said arm member, said electrical part being able to be accommodated on or taken out from the socket body at a time the pressing member is in the retraction position.