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US 12,596,146 B2Granted
Socket, jig, socket maintenance set, and disassembly method
AssigneeYokowo Co., Ltd.
InventorsKohei Amada, Yuki Matsui, Yoshinori Shirai, Yuta Yamato, Suguru Matsui, Taku Kitsunai
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Abstract
A socket includes a pin block configured to hold a contact probe array, and a pin plate that removably engages with the pin block. The pin block includes a curved portion located outside the contact probe array and convex toward an inside of the contact probe array. The pin plate includes an engagement portion that engages with the curved portion convex toward the inside.
Claims13
A socket comprising:
- a pin block configured to hold a contact probe array;
- and
- a pin plate that removably engages with the pin block,
- wherein the pin block includes a curved portion located outside the contact probe array and convex toward an inside of the contact probe array,
- wherein the pin plate includes an engagement portion that engages with the curved portion convex toward the inside, and
- wherein the curved portion is deformable in a direction along a plane of the pin block.
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A jig for releasing an engaged state of a socket including a pin block and a pin plate that removably engages with the pin block, the jig comprising:
- a placement portion configured to place the socket in which the pin block and the pin plate are in the engaged state;
- an insertion piece that abuts against an engagement portion between the pin block and the pin plate;
- an insertion piece support portion configured to support the insertion piece such that the insertion piece is displaceable in a predetermined opening and closing direction;
- and
- an actuating portion movable in a predetermined moving direction along a plane of the socket,
- wherein the actuating portion comes into contact with the insertion piece support portion and converts a moving force in the moving direction into the opening and closing direction to displace the insertion piece, and
- wherein the insertion piece releases the engaged state by the displacement.
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A socket maintenance set comprising:
- a socket comprising
- a pin block configured to hold a contact probe array, and
- a pin plate that removably engages with the pin block,
- wherein the pin block includes a curved portion located outside the contact probe array and convex toward an inside of the contact probe array, and
- wherein the pin plate includes an engagement portion that engages with the curved portion convex toward the inside;
- and
- a jig for releasing an engaged state of the socket, the jig comprising
- a placement portion configured to place the socket in which the pin block and the pin plate are in the engaged state,
- an insertion piece that abuts against the engagement portion between the pin block and the pin plate,
- an insertion piece support portion configured to support the insertion piece such that the insertion piece is displaceable in a predetermined opening and closing direction, and
- an actuating portion movable in a predetermined moving direction along a plane of the socket,
- wherein the actuating portion comes into contact with the insertion piece support portion and converts a moving force in the moving direction into the opening and closing direction to displace the insertion piece, and
- wherein the insertion piece releases the engaged state by the displacement.
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A release method comprising:
- placing a socket in which a pin block and a pin plate are in an engaged state;
- a first moving, in a predetermined moving direction along a plane of the socket, of an actuating portion configured to actuate by operating an operation lever;
- a second moving of a release portion configured to release the engaged state in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined moving direction by the movement of the actuating portion;
- and
- releasing the engaged state between the pin block and the pin plate by the movement of the release portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.