Patent ID: 9429591
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G01R

Claim Text:
1. A socket for making electrical connection between an integrated circuit device under test (DUT) having a plurality of contacts and a load board having a plurality of contact pads so that a signal may be transmitted therebetween wherein said contact and its corresponding pad, said DUT contacts and contact pads on the load board are generally vertically aligned along a contact axis, the socket comprising: a. a housing having a top and bottom, and a pin guide being interposed between said contacts and said pads and said pin guide including a plurality of spaced apart insulating and separating plates thereby defining a plurality of slots for receiving pin pairs; with said slots being generally at least partially axially aligned along said contact axis; said pin guide further including a longitudinal cylindrical bore substantially orthogonal to said axis and extending through at least some of said plates thereby creating a cavity for an elastomer; b. a bias element, including an elongated elastomer sized to be received within said bore; c. a multi-piece pin pair including: so that said legs surrounds, at least in part, said elastomer when in said pin guide said contact tip and said load board pad contact on said pin pair being generally in axial alignment with contact axis while said upper and lower body portions of said pin pairs are laterally offset and at least partially out of alignment with said contact axis, when said legs are contained within said slot.