Patent ID: 7635268
Filing Date: 2009-12-22
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
1. An IC socket comprising: a plurality of contacts, each contact including a spring formed by winding a conductive material around a winding axis with an effective winding number of at least 1 round, and each contact further comprising arms provided on both ends of the spring; and a housing including a plurality of holes, the holes each having one of the contacts inserted therein in a state in which the spring is compressed in a direction of the winding axis so as to allow adjacent coil portions in the spring to come into contact with each other, such that an electrical path across the spring is shorter when the spring is compressed than when it is not compressed, wherein each contact works as a torsion spring when the spring is compressed, and wherein the electrical path across the spring when the spring is compressed passes through at least a portion of each of the spring coils.