Patent ID: 7042238

Claim:
A test socket for pressing an object to be tested to a testing face of a testing device, with said test socket comprising: a frame that is detachably mounted onto a base (which has an opening in which is placed the object to be tested, and which is mounted on said testing face), and that opens or closes said opening; an operating member that has a shaft that is mounted onto the frame so that said shaft can rotate both forward and backward within a predetermined angle, and on which engagement parts that move in synchronization with the rotation of said shaft while said engagement parts protrude towards the object to be tested; and one plate spring, or a plurality of plate springs that are overlaid on each other, which has/have spring pieces that are arranged at a specified angle in the direction in which said shaft rotates, and on which said engagement parts slide, and wherein: 1) said frame rotates the operating member-under the condition that said opening is closed-so that the operating member rotates forward, 2) said engagement parts slide on the spring pieces in the forward-rotational direction of said operating member due to said forward rotation of the operating member, and the spring pieces are flexed by this sliding, as a result of which the plate spring(s) is/are pressed againg said object to be tested.