Patent ID: 7108535
Filing Date: 2006-09-19
Classification: G01R,H01R

Abstract:
1. An integrated circuit test socket for use with an integrated circuit test board comprising: a base member having dowel pins and configured for attachment to the integrated circuit test board; a cover member configured for slideable movement between an upper position and a lower position with respect to the base member; a device guide insert positioned within the base member and having an inner dimension to position an integrated to be tested with respect to the integrated circuit test board; springs positioned on top surface portions of the dowel pins and in between the base member and the cover member and configured to raise the cover member to the upper position when the springs are relaxed and to allow the cover member to assume the lower position when the springs are compressed; first and second levers configured to move from a closed position to press an integrated circuit to be tested against the integrated circuit test board when the cover member is in the upper position and to retract to an open position when the cover member is in the lower position; first dowels passing through the first and second levers and through the base member; and second dowels passing affixed to the first and second levers and affixed to the cover member and configured to move the first and second levers between the closed position when the cover member is in the upper position and the open position when the cover member is in the lower position; an elongated guide slot in each of the first and second levers through which the first dowels are positioned.