Socket for electrical parts

A socket for an electrical part comprising:

• a socket body including a mount portion to facilitate mounting the electrical part;
• a plurality of contact pins which are resiliently deformable and provided in the socket body, each configured to clamp an associated terminal of the electrical part;
• an upper operation member, vertically movable, provided in the socket body and operatively connected to the contact pins,
• each contact pin comprising a stationary contact piece electrically engageable with a lower surface of the associated terminal and a movable contact piece deformably engageable with an upper surface of such associated terminal in a clamped position,
• wherein when the upper operation member is moved vertically with respect to the mount portion of the socket body, the associated movable contact piece is engagingly deformed so as to become disengaged from the clamped position,
• wherein in a mounted state, the upper surface of the stationary contact piece is higher in level relative to an upper surface of the mount portion of the socket body, and
• wherein the socket body is formed with at least one projection arranged between adjacent stationary contact pieces to thereby define a gap, the gap having a width smaller than a width of the respective terminals engageable with the adjacent stationary contact pieces to prevent either of the terminals from falling into the gap.