PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an IC socket capable of guiding an IC package to a normal position on a mounting surface with good workability for mounting, preventing an electric contact from being buckled or deformed, and stably energizing a guide member upward without increasing a number of components.
SOLUTION: In this IC socket 1 equipped with an insulating socket housing 2 to hold a large number of electric contacts 90, a cover plate 8, and a drive member 10 to drive the cover plate 8, a pair of guide rails 58 to guide the IC package 100, and a guide member 6 having a connecting part 60 to mutually connect these guide rails 58 are mounted to the socket housing 2, and a pair of the guide rails 58 and the connecting part 60 each have spring arms 62a to energize the guide member 6 upward from the socket housing 2. The socket housing 2 and the guide member 6 have regulating members 20, 76 to regulate the upward movement of the guide member 6 at the position where the guided IC package 100 is not brought into contact with the electric contacts.
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