Patent ID: 6902445

Claim:
A socket for an electrical part comprising: a socket body having one surface to which an electrical part is to be mounted and another surface, opposing to the one surface, to which a printed circuit board is to be mounted; and a contact pin provided for the socket body for achieving electrical connection between the electrical part and the printed circuit board, said contact pin comprising a springy portion formed with a plurality of curved portions, an electrical part side contact portion formed to a front end side of the springy portion so as to be contacted to a terminal of the electrical part so as to establish an electrical connection therebetween, a printed circuit board side contact portion formed to one of the curved portions of the springy portion so as to be contacted to the printed circuit board so as to establish an electrical connection therebetween, and an electric path formed between the electrical part side contact portion and the printed circuit board side contact portion, wherein said electric path of the springy portion formed between the printed circuit board side contact portion and the electrical part side contact portion has substantially a linear structure.