Patent ID: 7214084

Claim:
A socket for an electrical part comprising: a socket body to which an electrical part is accommodated, the socket body having a base portion to which a plurality of contact pins, having elastic pieces, which are contacted to or separated from terminals of the electrical part, are arranged; a movable member disposed to the socket body above the base portion thereof to be vertically movable and comprising a pressing portion, deformation of the elastic pieces of the contact pins inserted into an insertion hole formed to the movable member being performed in accordance with the vertical movement of the movable member, according to the deformation thereof, contact portions formed to the contact pins being opened or closed; and a latch member provided for the socket body so as to press the electrical part accommodated to the socket body, the latch member being disposed to be movable between a first position at which the electrical part is pressed and a second position at which the latch member is retired from a line along which the electrical part is accommodated or taken out, the latch member being pressed and moved by the pressing portion of the movable member to the second position when the movable member is lowered.