Patent ID: 6435893
Filing Date: 2002-08-20
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
A socket for a pin grid array (PGA) package having a plurality of lead pins in a grid array, comprising:a base housing; a plurality of terminals mounted on the base housing in a grid array corresponding to the array of the lead pins of the PGA package; a slide plate mounted on the base housing and including a plurality of through-holes arranged in a grid array for receiving therethrough the lead pins of the PGA package, the slide plate being slidably movable relative to the base housing in a given direction to drive the lead pins of the PGA package into engagement with the terminals on the base housing; a slide actuator mounted on the base housing for essentially nonrotational sliding movement relative thereto in a direction generally transversely of said given direction of sliding movement of the slide plate; and complementary interengaging cam means between the slide plate and the slide actuator for slidably moving the slide plate relative to the base housing in response to sliding movement of the actuator relative to the housing.