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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 01, 1991
Filed:
Sep. 26, 1990
Edward J Bright, Middletown, PA (US);
James A Hogan, Jr, Harrisburg, PA (US);
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Abstract
A PGA socket (40) and a tool (132) for opening and closing the socket (40) is disclosed. The socket (40) includes a base housing (42) having contact elements (46) disposed in cavities (48). The contact elements (46) include laterally extending cantilever beams (90) which are bent out of the plane of the contact elements (40) to provide a force-free insertion of the leads (120) on the PGA (122). The socket (40) further includes a cover (44) slidably mounted on the housing (42) which when moved, drives the leads (120) into electrical engagement with the cantilever beams (90). The tool (132) includes a pair of spaced-apart jaws (154,156) with one (152) being fixed and the other (156) moveable towards the fixed jaw (154). The tool (132) is placed over the socket (40) with the jaws (154,156) on respective sides of the cover (44) so that as the one jaw (156) moves toward the other (154), it (156) pushes the cover (44) which moves the leads (120) either into or out of electrical engagement with the cantilever beams (90).