ZIF PGA socket and a tool for use therewith

Details ZIF PGA socket and a tool for use therewith ZIF PGA socket and a tool for use therewith

1989-10-10

1991-01-29

Abrams, Neil

Electrical connectors

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

Including compound movement of coupling part

439259, H01R 452

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049883100

ABSTRACT:
A PGA socket (40) and a tool (132) for opening and closing the socket (40) is disclosed. The socket (40) includes a base housing (42) having contact elements (46) disposed in cavities (48). The contact elements (46) include laterally extending cantilever beams (90) which are bent out of the plane of the contact elements (40) to provide a force-free insertion of the leads (120) on the PGA (122). The socket (40) further includes a cover (44) slidably mounted on the housing (42) which when moved, drives the leads (120) into electrical engagement with the cantilever beams (90). The tool (132) includes a pair of spaced-apart jaws (154,516) with one (154) being fixed and the other (156) moveable towards the fixed jaw (154). The tool (132) is placed over the socket (40) with the jaws (154,156) on respective sides of the cover (44) so that as the one jaw (156) moves toward the other (154), it (156) pushes the cover (44) which moves the leads (120) either into or out of electrical engagement with the cantilever beams (90).

REFERENCES:
patent: 4420205 (1983-12-01), Kirkman
patent: 4498725 (1985-02-01), Bright et al.
patent: 4542946 (1985-09-01), Snow
patent: 4674811 (1987-06-01), Corwin
patent: 4750891 (1988-06-01), Egawa

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