Patent ID: 7147510

Claim:
An electronic parts installing socket comprising: a socket housing fitting into a socket inserting hole penetrating through a front surface and a rear surface of a printed circuit board; a plurality of contacts each having contact pieces engaging said socket housing and projecting from a side surface of said socket housing, said contact pieces connecting in a contact connecting pattern positioned at an opening edge portion of said socket inserting hole; a front surface shielding member shielding a front surface of said socket housing, said front surface shielding member having a plurality of shielding pieces positioned in a row so as to contain said contact pieces of said contacts and which are connected to a shield connecting pattern formed on the opening edge portion of said socket inserting hole; and an electronic part held on said socket housing and connected to said printed circuit board through said contacts, wherein the contact connecting pattern and shield connecting pattern are arranged to form an alternating sequence of contact pieces and shielding pieces along the opening edge portion.