Socket assembly

A socket assembly for accommodating an electrical component having a plurality of terminals and for electrically connecting said electrical component to a printed circuit board, comprising:

• a socket body having a generally rectangular configuration;
• a plurality of flat plate-like contact pins which are arranged forming rows in parallel respectively along at least opposite sides of said socket body, each of said contact pins having a base portion and an arm which extends curved upward from said base portion, said base portion having at one end thereof an upward contact portion for contact to a terminal of said electrical component and at the other end thereof a connecting portion for connection to said printed circuit board;
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• a plurality of sliders which are respectively arranged along said at least opposite sides of said socket body, wherein each said slider has a movable member which is positioned on an upper side between said base portions and said arms of said row-forming contact pins, said movable member movable between an open position for accommodating said electrical component and a pressing position for pressing against said electrical component by the elastic force of said arms to bring the terminals of said electrical component into press-contact with said upward contact portions of said contact pins, a stationary member which is positioned on an upper side between said base portions and said arms of said row of contact pins and fixed on said base portions, and a driving member which is engaged with opposing surfaces of said movable member and said stationary member, said driving member being rotatable to move said movable member between said open position and said pressing position.