Patent ID: 6367149
Filing Date: 2002-04-09
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of assembling an IC socket adapted to establish an electrical connection between an IC package and a printed board and comprising a socket body having a mount portion on which the IC package is mounted, and a plurality of contact pins disposed on the socket body in an adjacent arrangement, each of said contact pins having a first end to be connected to a terminal of the IC package and a second end to be connected to the printed board, said method comprising the steps of:providing means for widening a pitch interval between the second ends of adjacent contact pins to a predetermined distance therebetween, said means for widening being provided with a guide means for guiding the contact pins; moving the means for widening to the socket body so that the contact pins are guided along the guide means while widening an interval between the second ends of the adjacent contact pins; and mounting the means for widening to the socket body in a state of the interval of the adjacent contact pins being widened.