Patent ID: 7901217

Claim:
A module socket comprising: a socket housing comprising a tubular insulator formed by peripheral wall parts and open at both ends that provides a module receiving space capable of receiving a module; multiple contacts that are supported in the socket housing, each with one end that is configured to electrically connect to a module on the inside of the socket housing, and with another end that is configured to electrically connect with an electronic circuit substrate outside of the socket housing; and a module securing member provided on the socket housing, the module securing member including a metal plate, wherein a bottom surface plate part is formed in a single body and is provided on the module securing member, such that shield side wall parts of the module securing member respectively arranged on at least a first pair of facing peripheral wall parts mutually interlock with the bottom surface plate part, and wherein said bottom surface plate part extending transversely between said shield side wall parts, and wherein said socket housing is formed in a square tubular shape having a cutaway peripheral wall part, in which a portion of one side surface of said socket housing is cut away from the module insertion surface across to the module insertion opposing surface, and shield side wall parts, on which said bottom surface plate is arranged, are provided on the first pair of peripheral wall parts including the cutaway peripheral wall part and on opposing peripheral wall part.