Electronic component socket

An electronic component socket, comprising:

• a socket main body having an accommodating part for detachably accommodating an electronic component;
• a socket cover having a one-side end portion pivotally supported by the socket main body to open or close the accommodating part, and an other-side end portion which is located opposite to the one-side end portion and lockable to the socket main body, the socket cover being held in a closed state by locking the other-side end portion to the socket main body;
• and
• a heat dissipating member mounted on the socket cover to press the electronic component accommodated on the accommodating part in the closed state, wherein
• the socket cover internally includes a metal plate extending from the one-side end portion to the other-side end portion so that a thickness direction of the metal plate is parallel to a direction in which the socket cover faces the accommodating part in the closed state, and
• the metal plate has a depression formed by bending along a line parallel to a rotation axis of a rotation shaft of the socket cover in a vicinity of an area that receives a reaction force created by a pressing force that the heat dissipating member applies to the electronic component,
• wherein the socket cover is further provided with any one of a protrusion and a recess between the depression and the other-side end portion, and
• the socket main body is further provided with the other one of the protrusion and the recess so as to be fitted, in the closed state, to the one of the protrusion and the recess that is formed in the socket cover.