Patent ID: 8562379

Claim:
A socket, comprising: a substantially rectangular columnar socket body made of an insulating material, the socket body including a connection recess portion defined on one surface thereof, side walls opposed to each other in a transverse direction and a lead-out pathway formed at a lower portion of each of at least one of the side walls; and a plurality of socket contact members arranged side by side within the connection recess portion along a longitudinal direction, one-end portions of the socket contact members extending through the lead-out pathway and protruding outwards beyond an outer surface of each of said at least one of the side walls of the socket body, wherein the socket body includes a depression portion formed at the lower portion of each of said at least one of the side walls in a region surrounding and above the lead-out pathway, wherein the depression portion is configured to allow an inspection jig to be inserted into the depression portion to inspect planarity of the one-end portions of the socket contact members.