Patent ID: 6109944
Filing Date: 2000-08-29
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
An IC socket comprising:a socket body having an IC package receiving portion adapted to receive an IC package having IC terminals;a plurality of resilient contacts arranged in array along said IC package receiving portion;wherein each of said contacts includes upper and lower contact pieces for pinchingly contacting the corresponding IC terminal, and a resiliently displaceable common first spring portion supporting both of said upper and lower contact pieces;wherein, for each of said contacts, said resiliently displaceable common first spring portion is resiliently displaceable forwardly and rearwardly to simultaneously displace said upper and lower contact pieces between a forward position in which the upper and lower contact pieces are disposed in a forward position for pinchingly contacting the corresponding IC terminal when the IC package is received in the IC receiving portion, and a rearward position in which the upper and lower contact pieces are disposed in a rearward position for canceling contact with the corresponding IC terminal; andwherein, for each of said contacts, at least one of said upper and lower contact pieces is resiliently displaceable upwardly and downwardly so as to constitute a second spring portion resiliently displaceable independently of said first spring portion.