Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.

Yu-Sung Lee

Wen-Chun Pei

Robert G McHugh

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

ZIF socket with locking means

A zero insertion force (ZIF) socket comprises a dielectric base defining a number of contact receiving passageways for receiving a number of contacts therein and forming a pair of platforms outwardly extending from opposite lateral edges thereof, a slidable cover defining a number of pin receiving passageways for receiving corresponding pins of an IC package therein, and a resilient retention member received in one of the platforms of the base for locking the cover with the base in position thereby ensuring excellent electrical connection between the IC package and the ZIF socket.

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