Texas Instruments Corporation

Kyozo Katayose

Kiyokazu Ikeya

A socket ( ) has a plurality of contacts ( ) arranged in base ( ). Each contact has one arm ( ) for contacting a solder ball of an electronic package ( ). A slider ( ) has a seat ( ) for package ( ), a plurality of terminal receiving holes ( ), a terminal engagement surface ( ) formed at each terminal receiving hole for engagement with a respective solder ball and a plurality of contact receiving holes ( ). When slider ( ) is moved in one directions package ( ) can be seated with each ball disposed in a respective terminal receiving hole. When the slider returns, each ball is elastically contacted between an arm ( ) and a terminal engagement surface ( ).

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Kyozo Katayose