Patent ID: 7997919

Claim:
An electrical component socket comprising: a socket body, the socket body having an accommodating portion for detachably accommodating therein an electrical component, and having plural contact pins contactable with terminals of the electrical component; and a socket cover rotatably attached to the socket body to be opened or closed, wherein, when the socket cover is closed, an electrical component accommodated in the accommodating portion is press-retained to contact the terminals of an electrical component with the contact pins, wherein a base end of the socket cover is rotatably attached to one end side portion of the socket body so that the socket cover is rotated around the one end side portion to be opened or closed, and a tip end portion of the closed socket cover is engaged with the other side end portion of the socket body to thereby hold the closed state of the socket cover, and the socket cover is movably disposed to be close to the socket body and apart from the socket body when the socket cover is closed, wherein on the one end side portion of the socket body, an urging device is disposed, the urging device urges the socket cover to be close to the socket body when the socket cover is closed, wherein on the other side end portion of the socket body, a lever member is disposed to be rotated around the other side end portion so that the socket cover is opened or closed, to make the socket cover in a closed state movable to be further close to the socket body, and wherein on the one side end portion of the socket body, an urging force adjusting device for adjusting an urging force of the urging device is disposed.