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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Kiyoshi Asai, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuaki Kanazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Kobayashi, Tokyo, JP;
SMK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An electronic part-mounting socket includes a socket housing, and contacts The socket housing has contact receiving grooves formed at a bottom plate portion of an electronic part-receiving portion. The contact of an integral construction includes a fixing piece portion, a terminal piece portion laterally bent at a lower end of the fixing piece portion, a first bent-back portion formed by bending back a distal end portion of the terminal piece portion into a U-shape, an intermediate spring piece portion extending laterally from the first bent-back portion, a second bent-back portion formed by bending back a distal end portion of the intermediate spring piece portion into a U-shape, and a resilient contact piece portion extending continuously from the second bent-back portion in an upwardly-slanting manner. The fixing piece portions are inserted respectively in contact fixing holes, formed in the socket housing in an upward-downward direction, and are fixed thereto.