Socket assembly for an integrated circuit chip
US5348489A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 9, 1993 |
| Grant date | Sep 20, 1994 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 9, 2013 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH05K7/1084
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A socket assembly includes a rectangular socket body and two ejector mechanisms. The socket body has two opposed sides, a top surface, a bottom surface, a row of terminal-receiving holes formed in the top surface on at least the two opposed sides for receiving terminal pins of an integrated circuit chip therein, and a plurality of terminal pins extending from the bottom surface and corresponding to the terminal-receiving holes. Each of the ejector mechanisms includes an elongated pivot plate. Each of the pivot plates has a lower end mounted pivotally on a corresponding one of the two opposed sides of the socket body and further has a levering rib extending transversely from an inner surface thereof and extending normally above the top surface. The levering rib has a longitudinal distal edge which is formed with a row of terminal-receiving notches aligned with a corresponding one of the rows of terminal-receiving holes in the socket body.
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