Patent ID: 6257899
Filing Date: 2001-07-10
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A contact received in an integrated circuit (IC) socket for interconnecting an integrated circuit (IC) package with a printed circuit board (PCB), comprising:a first spring arm formed on one end thereof having a curved engaging section for engaging with a contact pad of the IC package and a first free end section having a downwardly facing inclined surface;a second spring arm formed on another end thereof having a second free end section, the second free end section having an upwardly facing inclined surface facing the downwardly facing inclined surface of the first spring arm; anda solder portion formed between the first and second spring arms for being soldered to a contact pad of the PCB; whereinwhen the first spring arm is depressed to engage with the second spring arm, the second spring arm correspondingly yields downward and the downwardly and upwardly facing inclined surfaces of the respective first and second spring arms come into mutual engagement whereby a shortened electrical path is thus established between the IC package and the PCB.