Patent ID: 6375485
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A ZIF socket for a chip module which has a plurality of pins thereon, the socket comprising:a base having a plurality of passageways therein; a plurality of terminals being received in the passageways, each terminal having a middle stem, a resilient arm having an engaging section at a free end thereof for engaging with a corresponding pin of the chip module and an arced section, said resilient arm extending upwardly from said middle stem and a soldering foot extending downward from said middle stem; and a cover being slideably mounted on the base and having a plurality of holes for the pins to extend therethrough, each hole having a shape and area similar to a space surrounded by the arced section of the resilient arm of the terminal; wherein the shape of the hole is non-circular; wherein two platforms extended from two opposite sides of the base, and each platform includes an opening for insertion of a tool there into; and wherein a plurality of recesses are defined in two sides of the cover, and the base has protrusions fitting into the recesses.