IC socket with a cover member and guiding members
AssigneeYamaichi Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorKatunori Takahashi
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Abstract
An IC socket is disclosed which facilitates automatic mounting of an IC package without a fear of lead terminal deformation and reduces the number of steps of assembling contacts into a socket body. The IC socket is an open top type IC socket which includes a socket body; and a cover member mounted vertically movable to the socket body to open and close contacts, wherein the socket body has a mounting portion on which to support an IC package mounted on the socket, and the cover member has a square opening facing the mounting portion and inclined guide wall surfaces leading to the opening and adapted to guide the mounted IC package onto the mounting portion.
Claims9
An open top type IC socket comprising:
- a socket body;
- and
- a cover member mounted vertically movable to the socket body to open and close contacts;
- wherein said socket body has a mounting portion to support an IC package, and said cover member has an opening facing said mounting portion and inclined guide wall surfaces leading to said opening and adapted to guide the IC package to be mounted onto the mounting portions;
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- wherein the inclined guide wall surfaces are arranged symmetrical with respect to longitudinal and lateral center lines of the opening, and each inclined guide wall surface comprises a first inclined guide wall surface traversing each of the center lines, a second inclined guide wall surface provided at each corner portion and having an inclination angle larger than inclination angle of the first inclined guide wall surface, and a third inclined guide wall surface connecting to the first and second inclined guide wall surfaces.
An IC socket comprising:
- a socket body having a mounting portion for supporting an IC package and a plurality of contacts arranged around the mounting portion to come into contact with tips of lead terminals extending from the IC package;
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- a cover member having an opening at a center thereof and mounted vertically movable to the socket body to open and close the contacts;
- wherein the opening has its lower edge formed into a square facing the mounting portion and has inclined guide wall surfaces for guiding the IC package onto the mounting portion;
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- wherein the inclined guide wall surfaces are arranged symmetrical with respect to longitudinal and lateral center lines of the square opening and each inclined guide wall surface comprises a first inclined guide wall surface crossing each of the center lines, a second inclined guide wall surface provided at each corner portion and having an inclination angle larger than an inclination angle of the first inclined guide wall surface, and a third inclined guide wall surface connecting to the first and second inclined guide wall surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.