Patent ID: 6861862

Claim:
A test socket constructed and arranged to make electrical contact between a device under test and a substrate, the test socket comprising: a contactor assembly including an engaging end and further including: a) a head constructed and arranged to electrically contact the device under test; b) a pin extending from the head and terminating in a distal end; a terminal housing including a bore constructed and dimensioned to receive the pin, and a reduced diameter counterbore in communication with the bore, the counterbore being constructed and dimensioned to receive the pin therein; a retainer including an inner wall tapered from a proximal end of the retainer to a distal end of the retainer, the retainer being configured and dimensioned to receive the pin; wherein non-axial movement of the contactor assembly is minimized by the pin being received within the tapered inner wall of the retainer and the reduced diameter counterbore.