IC socket with contacts
US7445464B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 5, 2007 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 5, 2027 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH01R12/714
- WIPO fieldElectrical machinery, apparatus, energy
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
An IC socket includes a plurality of terminals (7) arranged in a matrix defined by row and column directions perpendicular to each other. The terminal includes a contact arm (73) extending from a middle portion of the terminal. The contact arm includes a first resilient arm (731) extending essentially towards the row direction in a first direction, from a top view, and a second resilient arm (733) angled with the first resilient arm and extending essentially towards the row direction in a second direction, from the top view, different from the first direction. Since the second resilient arm extends essentially toward the row direction, rather than parallel to the row direction, and a larger recess is formed between respective resilient arms of adjacent terminals in a same row, there will not be apt to form a short circuit between any portions of the first lower resilient arm and the second upper resilient arm.
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