Patent ID: 6149449
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An IC socket for receiving an IC having external IC contacts, comprising:a generally rectangular socket body having sidewalls;a plurality of socket contacts mounted in said socket body;a moving plate movably mounted on said socket body for movement back and forth along an angled line which is angled with respect to said sidewalls of said socket body;wherein said moving plate has a plurality of contact-receiving holes formed therethrough and a top surface exposed upwardly for supporting the IC thereon such that, when said moving plate is moved along the angled line, the IC is also moved along the angled line and the external IC contacts are moved into engagement and out of engagement with said socket contacts, respectively, when the IC is supported on said top surface of said moving plate;wherein said moving plate includes interposing walls disposed within said contact-receiving holes, respectively;wherein each of said interposing walls has an uppermost end disposed below said top surface of said moving plate;wherein each of said interposing walls divides a respective one of said contact-receiving holes, into a pair of contact insertion holes; andwherein each of said socket contacts is bifurcated into a pair of resilient contact elements, said resilient contact elements being disposed in said contact insertion holes, respectively.