Patent ID: 6017234
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A ZIF PGA socket comprisinga mother housing having a first recess and a hole defined in an edge of the recess, a beam exposing to the hole and the recess and comprising a pivot extending therefrom;two daughter housings slidably received in the first recess of the mother housing and each daughter housing comprising a C-shaped head portion extending out of the mother housing and defining a second recess for loosely receiving the beam of the mother housing, wherein the C-shaped head portions of the daughter housings are matingly configured to define a first reception space therebetween and together are movable along a same direction; anda cam lever comprising a cam and a handle bar connected the cam, the cam being rotatably received in the first reception space between the daughter housings and defining a hole for rotatably receiving the pivot of the mother housing, a first block and a second block extending from the cam and spaced away by the hole of the cam and the beam of the mother housing for respectively driving the configured daughter housings to move in opposite directions when the handle bar is manually rotated in different directions;whereby a moving plane of the daughter housings are parallel to a rotation plane of the handle bar.