Patent ID: 7104825

Claim:
A socket assembly for accommodating an electrical component having a plurality of terminals and for electrically connecting said electrical component to a printed circuit board, comprising: a socket body having a generally rectangular configuration; and a plurality of first and second contact pins wherein said first and second contact pins are arranged in parallel and form a row along at least one side of said socket body, each of said first and second contact pins has a base portion and a leg portion, said leg portion being projected downward from said base portion, each said base portion having at one end thereof an upward contact portion for contact to a terminal of said electrical component and also having at an other end thereof a connecting portion for connection to said printed circuit board, said socket body has slits arranged in a zigzag manner to form a first row and a second row of slits into which said leg portions of said first and second contact pins are inserted, said socket body has first ribs for defining intervals of said first contact pins and second ribs for defining intervals of said second contact pins, said first and second ribs being arranged in a zigzag manner, and said first and second contact pins are inserted into said first and second row of slits, respectively, and said second contact pins being inserted into said second row of slits are disposed over said first ribs.