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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 1986
Filed:
Jan. 11, 1985
Leland B Tainter, Jr, Riverside, CA (US);
Edward J Goeppinger, Riverside, CA (US);
William H King, Riverside, CA (US);
Ronald E Smith, Sunnymead, CA (US);
Bourns, Inc., Riverside, CA (US);
Abstract
A socket for an integrated circuit device, particularly of the 'Small Outline' type, includes a receptacle having a base and a pair of opposing side walls. A row of spaced-apart, generally vertical guide members extending inwardly from the interior surface of each side wall defines a row of generally vertical slots adjacent the interior surface of each side wall. Near the bottom of each slot is an electrical contact, comprising a pair of elongate, overlapping wire loops, each having a leg interposed between the legs of the other loop. The contact has one end conductively connected to an interior portion of a conductive pin which extends through the base of the receptacle. The other end of the contact is a free end that exhibits a resilient flexibility. A cover is provided with two opposed rows of downwardly-extending fingers, each of which is registrable with, and receivable in, one of the slots. The slots are spaced and dimensioned so that each lead of the IC device is received in a separate slot when the device is placed in the receptacle. When the cover is then placed on the receptacle, each lead of the device is firmly engaged between a finger of the cover and the resilient electrical contact in the slot.