Patent ID: 6027355
Filing Date: 2000-02-22
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
Socket apparatus for removably receiving an electric part having a plurality of terminal leads arranged in a selected pattern comprising a base, a slide member mounted on the base and being movable back and forth between first and second extremities along a selected direction, the slide member having a plurality of holes therethrough forming slide member walls arranged in the selected pattern and having a groove formed in a wall of each hole of the slide member, contact makers each having a mounting portion mounted in the base in the selected pattern with an elongated lead portion extending downwardly through the base for connection to a circuit board and a pair of first and second elongated arms extending upwardly from the mounting portion to a contact portion in face to face relationship with one another, one arm of each pair having a protrusion receivable in the respective groove of the slide member to move the one arm of the respective contact maker so that in the first extremity the arms are open forming a space for receipt of a respective solder ball terminal lead of the electric part in the second extremity the arms of each pair of contact member are brought into compressive electrical engagement with a respective terminal lead received therebetween, and a lead guide having a wall formed with a plurality of holes formed therethrough, the holes each having an enlarged upper portion and a smaller lower portion, and positioning members projecting downwardly from the base receivable in positioning apertures of a substrate to which the socket is to be mounted so that upon placing the positioning members in the positioning aperture and the lead guide being received under the base the contact maker leads, even if slightly bent, can be received in the enlarged upper portion and moved into a desired position by the smaller lower position upon movement of the guide lead toward the base.