Socket

摘要

A socket for an IC, which is made up of a cover having an insulating protrusion and an insulating housing having a recess for receiving the protrusion. The cover includes a flat member which has made therethrough a plurality of arrays of pin insertion holes for insertion of pins of the IC or the like, and the insulating protrusion provided on the underside of the cover and extending along the arrays of pin insertion holes, guide grooves communicating with the pin insertion holes, respectively, being formed in side wall surfaces of the insulating protrusion. Contact pieces are held on side walls of the insulating housing.