Open top IC socket

Abstract

An open top IC socket according to the present invention includes a plurality of IC package mounting units each including a socket body that includes a plurality of pairs of contact sections into which terminals of an IC package are inserted and each of which is able to open and close, and each further including a slide block slidably overlapped on the socket body for opening and closing the contact sections, a socket base for containing and holding the IC package mounting units in an aligned state, a coupling member for mutually coupling the individual slide blocks of the IC package mounting units, and a block operation element mounted on the socket base for sliding the individual slide blocks in the direction of sliding of the slide blocks. According to the present invention, the mounting and detaching of the plurality of the IC packages can be achieved simultaneously.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.