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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:
Nov. 08, 1994
Filed:
Aug. 19, 1993
Theodore G Hanson, Prospect, CT (US);
John A Rinaldi, Waterbury, CT (US);
The Whitaker Corporation, Wilmington, DE (US);
Abstract
A socket for receiving a lead of an electronic component comprises a socket body having a tubular body portion and a lead gripping portion. The tubular body portion defines a reception zone for receiving the lead of the electronic component along a lead receiving axis. The lead gripping portion has angularly spaced apart spring fingers which are separated by gaps. The spring fingers extend from the tubular body portion and converge inwardly toward the lead receiving axis to define a constriction for frictionally gripping the lead. Segments of the tubular body portion which are adjacent to and axially aligned with the gaps between the spring fingers are bent outwardly. The outwardly bent segments define retention barbs which are engageable with a wall of the hole in the substrate to retain the socket in the substrate.