Patent ID: 7833043

Claim:
A socket comprising: a housing having a terminal accommodation hole extending through the housing in the thickness direction thereof; and connection terminals attached to the housing and disposed within the terminal accommodation hole, wherein when a to-be-connected device is placed at an initial position, distal end portions of projection terminals disposed on one surface of the to-be-connected device are accommodated in the terminal accommodation hole without receiving resistance from the connection terminals; and when the to-be-connected device moves from the initial position to a connection position, the distal end portions of the projection terminals come into engagement with the connection terminals for electrical connection therebetween, wherein the housing includes a placement surface on which the to-be-connected device is placed, at least one elongated guide hole having openings at the placement surface and adapted to receive a guide member projecting from one surface of the to-be-connected device, and a slide member attached to be slidable in a longitudinal direction of the elongated guide hole, the slide member being capable of sliding, together with the to-be-connected device, from its initial position to its connection position; and at the initial position, the slide member partially covers the elongated guide hole such that the openings of the elongated guide hole have an initial shape, and the to-be-connected device is placed at the initial position on the placement surface when the guide member is inserted into the elongated guide hole via the opening having the initial shape.