Zero insertion force connector

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1974-10-10

1976-08-31

Lake, Roy

Geometrical instruments

339176MP, H01R 1362, H05K 107

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039777472

ABSTRACT:
A zero insertion force connector for receiving a printed circuit board and electrically contacting circuits thereon utilizes a twopiece assembly, the pieces of which include surfaces which define a cavity which rotatably mounts a contact operating cam shaft. A plurality of contacts are mounted in one of the pieces and are normally biased toward a contacting position, and respective cams carried by the cam shaft move the contacts away from the contacting position to positions which are free of interference with a circuit board. Each of the contacts includes a portion for engaging the circuit board within a longitudinal slot formed in the other of the pieces, the longitudinal slot being open along one side and at each end to permit the circuit board to be plugged in through the open longitudinal side or to be slid in from each end without interference.

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patent: 3793609 (1974-02-01), McIver
IBM Tech. Discl. Bulletin, vol. 10, No. 8, Jan. 1968, pp. 1264, 1265 Thermal Test Socket Boye.

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