Patent ID: 7407401

Claim:
A socket for an electrical part comprising: a socket body accommodating an electrical part; an electrically conductive member disposed to the socket body and configured to contact to a terminal of the electrical part so as to establish an electric conduction therebetween; a pressing member mounted to the socket body to be rotatable and configured to press the electrical part in a horizontal position thereof; an operation member provided for the socket body to be vertically movable and configured to rotate the pressing member; and a latch member provided for the pressing member to be rotatable and having an engaging portion to be engaged with the socket body in the horizontal state of the pressing member, the latch member being provided with a pressed portion, and when the operation member is moved downward in a state that the latch member is engaged with the socket body, and an engagement releasing member formed to the operation member presses the pressed portion to rotate the latch member so as to release the engagement of the latch member with the socket body.