Patent ID: 7722361

Claim:
A test socket, comprising: a housing having a first surface generally in engagement with a surface of a tester load board, said housing further having a second surface, generally parallel to, spaced from, and facing oppositely from said first surface, and at least one slot formed in said housing extending through said housing between said first surface and said second surface; a contact received in a corresponding slot and having a front end extending beyond said second surface for engagement by a corresponding lead or pad of a device to be tested, and having a rear end defining an arcuate surface in engagement with a corresponding trace on said surface of the tester load board, and defining a gradually arcing surface, angularly spaced from said arcuate surface, and said housing defining, within the slot, a wall, engaged by said gradually arcing surface of said rear end of said contact, such that, as said front end of said contact is engaged by the lead or pad of the device to be tested and urged into the corresponding slot, said gradually arcing surface of said contact moves along said wall and causes said arcuate surface to roll across the corresponding trace; and means for elastomerically mounting said contact in said corresponding slot, wherein, when said front end of said contact is engaged by the lead or pad of the device to be tested and urged into the corresponding slot, said arcuate surface rolls across said corresponding trace with virtually no translational or rotational sliding.