Patent ID: 7824188

Claim:
A socket for an electric component comprising: a socket main body having a receiving portion which receives an electric component; a socket cover supported to be capable of turning by a first turning shaft provided in a vicinity of one side end of the socket main body to turn to thereby open or close the receiving portion; and a radiating member mounted to the socket cover and is in contact with the electric component received in the receiving portion to radiate heat from the electric component in a state of the socket cover being closed, wherein the socket cover has an opening portion formed in a position corresponding to the receiving portion of the socket main body in the state of the socket cover being closed, the radiating member is supported to be capable of turning by a second turning shaft parallel to the first turning shaft in the opening portion of the socket cover the socket main body includes a guide member disposed outside the receiving portion in a direction orthogonal to the first turning shaft, and the guide member is biased upward by an elastic member and comes in contact with at least a peripheral edge area of a lower surface of the radiating member to allow the radiating member to move down while kept in a substantially horizontal state when the socket cover is closed.