Burn-in socket having roller-actuated latching members arrangement

Abstract

An burn-in socket used for connecting an IC package includes an base, a actuated device floatably assembled on said base, a frame retained on said base, a plurality of contacts received in said base and a switch member rotatable assembled on said base. Said actuated device includes a plurality of sustaining shafts with a plurality of rollers ringed thereon. Said switch member includes a plurality of rotating shafts retained on said base and a plurality of latching members engaged with said rotating shafts and rotating between an open position and a locking position. Said rollers of sustaining shafts moveable engaged with said latching member, which lowers the abrasion while the latching members are rotating between said open position and said locking position around said rotating shafts.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.