Patent ID: 6264489
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: H01R,H05K

Abstract:
A zero insertion force socket comprising a base and a cover movably mounted on the base, the base having a body portion from a front edge of which a head extends and two cutouts defined beside the head;a hole defined in the head and communicating with the two cutouts via a space defined below the bottom of the head;the cover having two sockets extending downward therefrom and movably received in the cutouts;a locking strip having two ends firmly retained in the sockets and an intermediate portion positioned in the space below the bottom of the head;a spring member formed in the intermediate portion of the locking strip and movably received in the hole of the head of the base;a recess defined at a bottom of the base for receiving the spring member when the spring member is deformed and moved together with the cover.