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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:
Dec. 17, 1991
Filed:
Mar. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Hoy S Beck, Jr, Lexington, NC (US);
Assignee:
AMP Incorporated, Harrisburg, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01R / ; H01R / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
439 71 ; 439331 ;
Abstract
A socket (10) for use with leadless chip carriers has been disclosed. The socket (10) includes contact elements (16) positioned in cavities (34) in a housing (12) and having a first spring arm (100) extending into a central opening (30) for engaging pads on the chip carrier and a second spring arm (102) extending outwardly of the housing (12) for electrical engagement with circuits on a substrate on which the socket (10) is mounted.