Patent ID: 7458820
Filing Date: 2008-12-02
Classification: G01R,H01R

Abstract:
1. A socket for an integrated circuit device, the socket having a plurality of contacts corresponding to a plurality of terminals mounted on a major surface of the integrated circuit device, comprising: a base for supporting said contacts; a plurality of retainers, each of said retainers being mounted on said base for movement between a projected position in which said retainer is projected into a region above said integrated circuit device mounted on said contacts to make a contact with an upper surface portion of said integrated circuit device and a retracted position in which said retainer is retracted out of said region above said integrated circuit device; and a plurality of springs, each of said springs being provided for biasing said retainer from said retracted position to said projected position; wherein said base has a plurality of through-holes extending through said base, said through-holes being so positioned that, when pins are passed upwardly through said through-holes, respectively, said retainers are forced by said pins from said projected positions to said retracted positions.