Socket for printed circuit board

Claim 1

A socket for a printed circuit board comprising: a socket body defining an elongated channel having two opposite ends, said body having a base with a row of cavities for receiving one side of the circuit board which bears conductors for electrical connection; and two immobilizing pins which are provided at one side of the row of cavities adjacent to said ends of said socket body and are arranged in positions substantially parallel to the printed circuit board, each of said pins having both a bent end to be inserted into a hole provided in the printed circuit board, and a hooking element formed on said bent end, said pins having a substantial degree of resiliency so as to be movable along a line substantially parallel to the channel in said body to facilitate engagement and disengagement with the printed circuit board said bent ends extending along lines substantially normal to the printed circuit board, and said hooking elements projecting from one side of said bent ends in opposite directions relative to one another, said hooking elements extending along a line substantially parallel to the channel in said base of said socket body.