Socket for electrical parts having horizontal guide portion
AssigneeEnplas Corporation
InventorConrad Choy
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Abstract
A socket for an electrical part is provided with a socket body for accommodating an electrical part and a guide member is provided for the socket body so as to guide side surfaces of a body of the electrical part at the time of the accommodation thereof. The socket body is formed with a number of contact pins so as to be contacted to or separated from an electrode as a terminal of the electrical part. The guide member includes a plurality of guide portions, at least one of the guide portions being disposed so as to correspond to each of all the side surfaces of the electrical part body, respectively, and each of the guide portions has an elastic portion for elastically pressing inward the side surfaces.
Claims20
A socket for an electrical part, which is provided with a socket body for accommodating an electrical part having a body having a surface to which an electrode is formed, and in which a guide member is provided for the socket body so as to guide side surfaces of the body of the electrical part at the time of the accommodating of the electrical part and the socket body is formed with a plurality of contact pins so as to be contacted to or separated from the electrode of the electrical part,
- wherein said guide member includes a plurality of guide portions, at least one of the guide portions being disposed so as to correspond to each of all the side surfaces of the electrical part body, respectively, to elastically press inward the side surfaces so that a center of the electrical part corresponds to an accommodation center of the socket body,
- the guide portions each comprising:
- a first end portion attached to the socket body,
- an elastic portion extending substantially in a horizontal direction from the first end portion and having a second end portion, and
- a pressing portion formed at the second end portion and abutting against the side surface of the electrical part at a time of the accommodating of the electrical part.
A socket for an electrical part comprising:
- a socket body for accommodating an electrical part having a body having a surface to which an electrode is formed;
- a guide member having a frame structure provided for the socket body for guiding side surfaces of the electrical part body at a time of the accommodating of the electrical part;
- and
- a plurality of contact pins provided for the socket body so as to be contacted to or separated from the electrode of the electrical part,
- said guide member including a plurality of guide portions disposed at side portions of the frame structure thereof so as to each of correspond to the side surfaces of the electrical part body, respectively, each of said guide portions having an elastic portion to press inward the side surfaces of the electrical part body so that a center of the electrical part corresponds to an accommodation center of the socket body,
- the guide portions each comprising:
- a first end portion attached to the socket body,
- an elastic portion extending substantially in a horizontal direction from the first end portion and having a second end portion, and
- a pressing portion formed at the second end portion and abutting against the side surface of the electrical part at a time of the accommodating of the electrical part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.