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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 1989
Filed:
May. 24, 1988
Timothy B Billman, King, NC (US);
Joseph R Goodman, Walkertown, NC (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
An integrated circuit package socket includes an insulating housing having a plurality of side by side terminals profiled for receipt of a square package with leads extending therefrom. The socket also includes a camming member disposed above the housing which has a camming surface which contacts a portion of each of the terminals to move the terminals into and out of electrical engagement with the leads of the package. The camming member multiplies the force applied directly to the camming member to cause the desired rotation. Relaxation of the camming member causes a reverse rotation of the contacts into electrical engagement with the package leads.