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Circuit holder

US4266840A · kind A · utility

36Cited by
2References
5Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 29, 1979
Grant dateMay 12, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 29, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K7/1007
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A circuit holder wherein an integrated circuit module having downwardly projecting straight terminals can be mounted on a base with zero insertion force at the terminals, the contacts in the base being forced into engagement with the circuit terminals by means of a normally arched deformable plate which is flattened as the elements are assembled and is snap-locked in its assembled position.

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