Low-profile zero-insertion force socket

Details Low-profile zero-insertion force socket Low-profile zero-insertion force socket

1995-10-12

1998-01-13

Vu, Hien

Electrical connectors

With coupling movement-actuating means or retaining means in...

Including compound movement of coupling part

H01R 450

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active

057072477

ABSTRACT:
A low-profile zero-insertion socket includes a plurality of resilient contacts mounted directly into the motherboard. The socket has a support plate slidingly attached to the motherboard and including a plurality of through apertures formed to receive the pins of a microprocessor package. A low-profile eccentric cam actuator, rotationally coupled to the motherboard, is provided for moving the support plate that bears the microprocessor to and from a position where the microprocessor pins engage the resilient contacts.

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"Single Level (SL) ZIF Sockets for Intel Pentium.TM. Processors", AMP Incorporated, Mar. 1994.

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