Patent ID: 7393216

Claim:
A socket contact, comprising: a base bottom portion that is shaped like a flat rectangular plate and mounted on a printed board; and a contact connection portion that is structurally integral with the base bottom portion, provided on both sides of the base bottom portion in a lateral direction, and connected with a counterpart contact shaped like a flat plate, wherein the base bottom portion includes: an opening provided at a center of the base bottom portion, through which the counterpart contact is inserted; and a pair of first feet that extends in longitudinal directions opposite to each other that are substantially perpendicular to the lateral direction, and the first feet being soldered to the printed board, wherein the contact connection portion includes: an elastic arm that is bent at a first side of the base bottom portion, the elastic arm extending in a direction substantially in parallel with a direction along which the counterpart contact is inserted; a first bent arm that extends from an end of the elastic arm towards the inside of the contact connection portion, the first bent arm being bent back to the elastic arm; a rigid arm that is bent at a second side of the base bottom portion, the rigid arm extending in the direction substantially in parallel with the direction along which the counterpart contact is inserted; a second bent arm that extends from an end of the rigid arm towards the inside of the contact connection portion, the second bent arm being bent back to the rigid arm; and a second foot that is an outwardly extended portion of a base end of the rigid arm and soldered to the printed board, and wherein the first bent arm includes a contact point having contact with a first surface of the counterpart contact, and the second bent arm includes a guide face along which a second surface of the counterpart contact slides.