Socket for receiving electric part

Claim 1

A socket for receiving an electric part, comprising: a socket body of synthetic resin material; a presser cover of a synthetic resin material; hinge means hingedly connecting one end of said presser cover to one end of said socket body; said presser cover having a synthetic resin frame defining an opening therethrough at a position corresponding to a portion where an electric part is to be placed on said socket body; metal frames embedded only in parts of said synthetic resin frame and molded into the synthetic resin of each frame so as to be surrounded on all surfaces by synthetic resin, and extending from said one end having said hinge means thereon towards a free end of said synthetic resin frame, said metal frames extending past ends of said opening which are respectively toward said one end and said free end of said presser cover and into corner portions of said synthetic resin frame for reinforcing the corner portions of said synthetic resin frame; and wherein said hinge means comprises a pair of spaced hinge supports on said one end of said presser cover, and a shaft extending between said hinge supports and supported on said socket body, one end portion of each of said metal frames at said one end of said presser cover extending into a corresponding hinge support and supporting said shaft in said hinge supports.