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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 1983

Filed:

Jun. 22, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:

Alan R MacDougall, Harrisburg, PA (US);

Assignee:

AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ; 339 / ;
Abstract

A Low Insertion Force Socket Assembly includes a base (2), cavities (24), electrical contacts (4) in the cavities, rails (6)(8) which engage and close the receptacles onto electrical leads (46) of an electronic package (48) and a reciprocating cam (12) integral with a cover (10) and latches (42) and a detent finger (44) and pilot holes (36A)(36B)(36C) for aligning the parts during assembly.


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