US 2002/0173174 A1Published application

Socket for electronic element

AssigneeYamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.

InventorsKazunori Nakano, Ryo Ujike

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Abstract

A socket of the invention includes a socket body, a plurality of contacts respectively having a movable piece and a stationary piece, a slidable contact moving member and a lever having a pushing portion and a pressing member. A plurality of contact displacing portions of the contact moving member are respectively positioned between the movable and stationary piece of each contact. The contact moving member is urged to prevent the contact displacing portion from moving each movable piece. The pressing member includes a curved fulcrum portion and an operating portion curved oppositely to the fulcrum portion. A first restricting portion of the socket body is in contact with the fulcrum portion and a second restricting portion of the contact moving member can be in contact with the fulcrum portion. The operating portion of the pressing member abuts to the contact moving member.

Claims9

Dependent claims

A socket for detachably holding various electronic elements, comprising:

a socket body;
a plurality of contacts arranged in said socket body, said contacts respectively including a movable piece and a stationary piece;
a contact moving member slidably supported on said socket body, said contact moving member having a plurality of contact displacing portions respectively located between said movable and stationary pieces of each contact, and said contact moving member being urged to prevent said contact displacing portions from moving said movable pieces;
a lever movably supported by said socket body and including a pushing portion at one end thereof and a pressing member at the other end thereof, said pressing member including a curved fulcrum portion and an operating portion curved oppositely to said fulcrum portion to be in contact with said contact moving member;
a first restricting portion included in said socket body to be in contact with said fulcrum portion of said pressing member;
and
a second restricting portion included in said contact moving member, said second restricting portion capable of being in contact with said fulcrum portion of said pressing member.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.