Patent ID: 6582254
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: H01R

Abstract:
A slimline CRT socket, comprising:a ring-shaped portion having a cylindrical central hole passing therethrough from a front face to a rear face thereof; a plurality of concave signal contact housings in a rear face of said ring-shaped portion at positions that are concentric with said cylindrical central hole; signal contacts, each in a different one of said signal contact housings; signal contact holes provided on a front face of said ring-shaped portion to allow signal terminal pins of a CRT to be inserted into the corresponding signal contact housings thereby to permit connection of said signal terminal pins to said signal contacts; a cover portion; said cover portion having a concave focus contact housing in a rear face thereof; a focus contact in said focus contact housing; a focus contact hole in said focus contact housing; said focus contact hole allowing a focusing terminal pin of said CRT to be inserted so that said focusing terminal pin is connected to said focus contact; a base portion corresponding to said rear face of said cover portion; a concave focusing terminal pin housing that houses said focusing terminal pin on said base portion; and said focusing terminal pin housing passing through a surface of a board that is attached to said CRT socket and projecting outward from an opposite surface thereof.