Contact for IC socket

Details Contact for IC socket Contact for IC socket

1993-06-08

1994-10-04

Nguyen, Khiem

Electrical connectors

Coupling part having handle or means to move contact...

439331, H01R 1122

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053521307

ABSTRACT:
An IC socket including contacts capable of facilitating remounting of an IC package and ensuring a reliability of engagement with the IC package. A contact of an IC socket, which comprises a socket body having a plurality of contacts arranged to be engaged with IC package leads while being resiliently depressed and a cover provided to be vertically movable for the socket body and to displace the contacts outwardly against their resilience to release the contacts from engagement when the cover is moved down, is provided with a fixing portion which is fixed to the socket body, a C-shaped cantilever portion which is formed integral with an upper part of the fixing portion and has an opening facing the inside of the socket body, a resilient curved portion which is formed integral with an upper part of the C-shaped cantilever portion in a circular curved shape, as if the C-shaped part is substantially reversed, to have an almost S-shaped profile in coupling with the cantilever portion, a contact portion which is formed with the resilient curved portion to come in contact with the lead, and an engaging portion engaged with said cover, which is formed integral with the resilient curved portion and provided in an opposite direction to the contact portion in reference to the resilient curved portion.

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