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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 08, 1986
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1984
Socapex, Sureness, FR;
Abstract
A zero insertion force connector for a rectangular chip carrier and a closure clip for such a connector, comprising on the one hand a rectangular base and on the other a clip formed by a rectangular frame coming to bear on the upper part of the carrier, said clip being fixed to said base by hooks disposed at the four corners of the rectangular frame and cooperating with corresponding housings in the base. Said clip further comprises at least two oppositely disposed bearing arms connected together by two cross arms, each bearing arm comprising substantially in the middle thereof a bearing zone to which are connected two symmetrical half arms forming a V in the free condition, the ends of said half arms situated in the vicinity of said hooks being at a level higher than the bearing zone when said clip is in the free condition and substantially at the same level thereas when it is fixed to said base.