Patent ID: 8801439

Claim:
A module socket for mounting a module on a mounting member, the module socket comprising: a first connector, the first connector including a flat housing; a first conductive pattern, the first conductive pattern being arranged on a mating side surface of the flat housing; a male terminal, the male terminal protruding from a surface of the first conductive pattern; and a flat second connector, the second connector being formed from plate-shaped metal and including a female terminal, the female terminal elastically interposing the male terminal and formed by patterning a second conductive pattern in plate-shaped metal, the female terminal including an inner opening formed on the inside thereof and a base connected to a portion of the second conductive pattern surrounding the female terminal; wherein: one of the first connector or the second connector is attached to the module, and the other is attached to the mounting member; the connectors are mated by sliding, after the mating surfaces thereof face each other.