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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
John W Anhalt, Orange, CA (US);
Assignee:
International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
339 / ; 3391 / ;
Abstract
A zero insertion force socket for connecting the leads of an integrated circuit carrier to conductors on a printed circuit board. The socket contains a movable actuator which shifts the contacts in the socket into engagement with the leads on the carrier after the leads have been initially inserted into the socket in positions spaced from the contacts. The actuator comprises a partitioning structure made of interleaved thin metal strips which allow a very dense arrangement of the contacts in the socket and also perform an electrical shielding function.