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Interlocking socket base for an integrated circuit package

US6264478A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 5, 1999
Grant dateJul 24, 2001
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Expiry dateAug 5, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH01R31/06
  • WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A socket for an electronic assembly. In one embodiment, the socket includes a first finger that is coupled to a second finger. The socket further includes a plurality of contacts that are located within contact openings of the first and second fingers. The fingers are separated by spaces that reduce the effective coefficient of thermal expansion.

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