ELECTRICAL CONTACT AND ELECTRIC COMPONENT SOCKET

摘要

An electrical contact and an electric component socket, in which a plurality of protruding portions come in contact with a terminal of an electric component, ensuring to prevent the defect of a large flaw formed on the terminal as well as improve durability of the electrical contact. An electrical contact 15 includes a contacting portion 31 which comes in contact with a terminal 2a of an electric component 2. The contacting portion 31 includes a plurality of convex portions 38 around a center 31b of a tip portion 31a of the contacting portion 31. The convex portion 38 has a plurality of protruding portions 35 on a tip of a mountain-shaped portion of the convex portion 38. The electrical contact 15 is configured to bring the plurality of protruding portions 35 into contact with the terminal 2a to achieve the electrical connection to the electric component 2.