Spring contact and socket having spring contact embedded therein

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a socket having a thin structure and to a spring contact suitable thereto. The socket includes: a plurality of spring contacts () each of which includes an upper contact pin (), a lower contact pin () assembled to the upper contact pin such that the upper and lower contact pins cross each other to mutually linearly operate, and a coil spring () supporting the upper and lower contact pins (and); a lower film plate () including a plurality of first through-holes () through which the respective spring contacts () are positioned; an intermediate plate () provided on the lower film plate () and including second through-holes formed at positions corresponding to the first through-holes (); and an upper film plate () provided on the intermediate plate () and including third through-holes formed at positions corresponding to the second through-holes.