Patent ID: 6964573

Claim:
An electric part-mounting socket comprising: a socket housing that includes a bottom plate portion defining an electronic part-receiving portion with an open top for receiving at least a part of an electronic part in an upward-downward direction, a contact receiving groove formed through the bottom plate in the upward-downward direction and a contact fixing hole formed in the upward-downward direction; and a contact that is integrally formed and includes: a fixing piece portion that is disposed to extend in the upward-downward direction and inserted into and fixed to the contact fixing hole; a terminal piece portion for connection to a printed wiring board, which is laterally bent at a lower end of the fixing piece portion and received in the contact receiving groove; a first bent-back portion that is formed by bending back a distal end portion of the terminal piece portion into generally U-shape; an intermediate spring piece portion that extends laterally continuously from the first bent-back portion; a second bent-back portion that is formed by bending back a distal end portion of the intermediate spring piece portion into a generally U-shape; and a resilient contact piece portion that extends continuously from the second bent-back portion in a slanting manner.