Patent attributes
A socket for an electrical part includes a pressing member mounted to the socket body accommodating an electrical part to be rotatable and configured to press the electrical part in a horizontal position thereof, an operation member provided for the socket body to be vertically movable and configured to rotate the pressing member, and a latch member provided having an engaging pawl to be engaged with the socket body in the horizontal state of the pressing member. The latch member is provided with a pressed portion, and when the operation member is moved downward in a state that the latch member is engaged with the socket body, an engagement releasing member formed to the operation member presses the pressed portion to rotate the latch member so as to release the engagement of the latch member with the socket body.
